This monograph provides a timely update on the pathophysiology, diagnosis, and therapy of renovascular and renal parenchymatous hypertension. The underlying causes of the most common forms of hypertension are discussed in separate chapters. Special emphasis is laid on newer pathophysiological aspects of the disease, in particular the vascular wall renin-angiotensin system.

The Kidney and Hypertension

The Kidney and Regulation of Blood Pressure
Glomerular Hemodynamics and Experimental Renal Injury
Sodium, the Kidney, and Hypertension
Epidemiology and Clinical Importance of Renovascular and Renal Parenchymatous Hypertension
Renovascular Hypertension
Pathology and Pathogenesis of Renovascular Hypertension
Mechanisms of Experimental and Human Renovascular Hypertension
Vascular Renin-Angiotensin System and Renovascular Hypertension
Angiographical Diagnosis of Renovascular (and Renal Parenchymatous) Hypertension
Radioisotope Renography
Noninvasive Assessment of Human Renal Blood Flow by Ultrasonic Doppler Flowmetry
The Renin-Sodium Profile and the Captopril Test as Tools for the Diagnosis of Renovascular Hypertension
Surgical Management of Main Renal Artery Disease
Surgical Management of Branch Renal Arterial Disease
Percutaneous Transluminal Angioplasty: Technique, Results and Complications
Long-Term Results of Percutaneous Transluminal Renal Angioplasty
Medical Therapy of Renovascular and Renal Parenchymatous Hypertension: General Principles
Medical Therapy in Renovascular Hypertension: Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors
Renal Parenchymatous Hypertension
The Kidney as Target Organ in Hypertension
Imaging of Renal Parenchymatous Hypertension
Sonographic Diagnosis of Renal Hypertension
Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy of the Kidneys
Bilateral Kidney Disease and Hypertension
Diabetes, the Kidney, and Hypertension
Renal Transplantation, Blood Pressure, and Hypertension
Cyclosporine, Hypertension, and the Kidney
Unilateral (Curable) Renal Parenchymatous Hypertension
Surgical Treatment of Renal Parenchymatous Hypertension.