1 Table of Contents: “... Hypertension: Neurohumoral Aspects -- 3 Metabolic Alterations -- 4. Cardiac and Vascular Alterations...”

2 Table of Contents: “... Pathogenetic mechanisms in arterial disease: Hemodynamic and mechanical factors -- Metabolic factors...”

3 Table of Contents: “... hypertension and Target Organ Damage -- 8 White Coat Hypertension, metabolic risk factors, and cardiovascular...”

4 Table of Contents: “... challenging problem? -- 9 The Metabolic Syndrome: effect of physical activity on arterial elasticity -- 10...”

5 Table of Contents: “... Transplantation -- DisturbedCalcium-Phosphorus Metabolism/Arterial Calcifications: Consequences on Cardiovascular...”

6 Table of Contents: “... -- 8 Metabolic factors -- 9 Role of central blood pressure and arterial stiffening -- 10...”

7 Table of Contents: “... Hypertension, obesity and the metabolic syndrome -- 12 Salt, hypertension and cardiovascular disease -- 13...”

8 Table of Contents: “... -- 41. Diabetes Mellitus and Hypertension -- 42. Obesity and Metabolic Syndrome Hypertension -- 43...”

9 Table of Contents: “... and associated metabolic risk factors -- IV End organ damage in PreHypertension -- 33 Early cardiovascular...”

10 “... metabolic and hemodynamic factors, the book presents the diverse perspectives of the contributing authors...”