High blood pressure is on the increase and is expected to rise by 24% in developed countries, affecting one in three of the world's adult population by 2025. It has a strong correlation with obesity and diabetes, levels of which are also soaring, and is strongly linked to lifestyle factors such as lack of exercise, fatty diets and high salt consumption. This book looks at how blood pressure is diagnosed and treated.
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Dr Shahid Aziz is a consultant cardiologist at North Bristol NHS Trust, with speciality in the management of ischaemic heart disease and heart failure, and his research interests include coronary stenting, and angioplasty treatment for heart attacks
