Arterial hypertension, coronary heart disease and heart fail ure are the commonest cardiovascular conditions to present in clinical practice. Over the past few

This book explains how hypertension affects 20-50% of the adult population in developed countries. Heart failure is the result of the hypertension's effects on

For many years, there has been a great deal of work done on chronic congestive heart failure while acute heart failure has been considered a difficult to handle

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