Manual of
Hypertension
of the European Society of Hypertension

We are delighted to present to doctors and students of
hypertension and related cardiovascular diseases the third
edition of the Manual of Hypertension of the European Society

of Hypertension. As in the previous editions, the epidemi-
ological, pathophysiological, diagnostic and treatment

aspects of hypertension are addressed in detail by recog-
nized experts in this important area of medicine. This

edition of the Manual, however, also includes chapters on
the emerging aspects of hypertension which are of great

current interest, either because of the mechanistic, diag-
nostic and treatment openings provided by basic and clini-
cal research, or because results are somewhat inconsistent

or even controversial, leading to differences in opinion
within the medical community.