Hypertension in the Dog and Cat

Jonathan Elliott is Professor of Veterinary Clinical Pharmacology at the Royal Veterinary College. He is president of the European College of Veterinary Pharmacology and Toxicology. He has been active in clinical research into feline chronic kidney disease and hypertension for 27 years and has published over 80 peer reviewed original research articles resulting from this research, receiving a number of national and international awards for his work.

Harriet (Hattie) Syme is Professor of Small Animal Internal Medicine at the Royal Veterinary College. Her clinical and research interests are in the fields of nephrology, urology, endocrinology and systemic hypertension. She is head of the small animal internal medicine residency programme at the Queen Mother Hospital for Animals and has also mentored many PhD students working on clinical research projects conducted from two London-based first-opinion practices.

Rosanne Jepson is Associate Professor of Small Animal Internal Medicine at the Royal Veterinary College. Her clinical and research interests include the pathophysiology, clinical diagnosis and management of both feline and canine hypertension together with a keen interest in both feline and canine nephrology.

Hypertension in the dog and cat

List of contents

Section 1: Physiology, pathophysiology and epidemiology of hypertension

1. Physiology of blood pressure regulation and pathophysiology of hypertension - Jonathan Elliott

2. Measurement of blood pressure - Rosanne E Jepson

3. Epidemiology of hypertension - Harriet M Syme

4. Adrenal gland disease and hypertension - Rosanne E Jepson

5. Thyroid gland disease and hypertension - Harriet M Syme

6. Genetics of hypertension - comparison between human and veterinary medicine - Rosanne E Jepson

Section 2: Clinical and pathological consequences of hypertension

7. Hypertension and the kidney - Jonathan Elliott and Cathy A Brown

8. Hypertension and the heart and vasculature- Amanda Erickson Coleman and Scott A Brown

9. Hypertension and the eye - Elaine Holt

10. Hypertension and the central nervous system - Kaspar Matiasek, Lara Matiasek, Marco Rosati

Section 3: Pharmacology and therapeutic use of antihypertensive drugs

11. Pharmacology of antihypertensive drugs -Jonathan Elliott and Ludovic Pelligand

12. Management of hypertension in cats - Sarah MA Caney

13. Management of hypertension in dogs - Sarah Spencer

Section 4: Future perspectives

14. Future perspectives: Unmet needs in hypertension in dogs and cats - Harriet Syme, Rosanne Jepson and Jonathan Elliott