1 Prevalence and causes.

2 Hypertension and vascular risk.

3 Pathophysiology of hypertension.

4 Measurement of blood pressure.

Part I: Aspects of measurement of blood pressure common to technique and patient.

Part II: Conventional sphygmomanometry.

Part III: Ambulatory blood pressure measurement.

Part IV: Self-measurement of blood pressure.

5 Screening and management in primary care.

6 Clinical assessment of patients with hypertension.

7 Investigation in patients with hypertension.

8 Non-pharmacological treatment of hypertension.

9 Pharmacological treatment of hypertension.

10 Hypertension in patients with vascular disease.

11 Special groups--diabetes, renal disease, and connective tissue disease.

12 Ethnicity and age.

13 Pregnancy and oral contraceptives.

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