1. Hypertension in the population at large -- 2. Measurement of blood pressure -- 3. Primary hypertension: pathogenesis -- 4. Primary hypertension: natural history and evaluation -- 5. Treatment of hypertension: why, when, how far -- 6. Treatment of hypertension: lifestyle modifications -- 7. Treatment of hypertension: drug therapy -- 8. Hypertensive crises -- 9. Renal parenchymal hypertension -- 10. Renovascular hypertension -- 11. Hypertension with pregnancy and the pill -- 12. Pheochromocytoma (with a preface about incidental adrenal masses) -- 13. Primary aldosteronism -- 14. Hypertension induced by cortisol or deoxycorticosterone -- 15. Other forms of secondary hypertension -- 16. Hypertension in childhood and adolescence / Ellin Lieberman -- Index