Chesley's Hypertensive Disorders in Pregnancy (4^th Ed.)

1. Introduction, History, Controversies, and Definitions
2. The Clinical Spectrum of Preeclampsia
3. Epidemiology of Pregnancy-Related Hypertension
4. Genetic Factors in the Etiology of Preeclampsia
5. The Placenta in Normal Pregnancy and Preeclampsia
6. Angiogenesis and Preeclampsia
7. Metabolic Syndrome and Preeclampsia
8. Immunology of Normal Pregnancy and Preeclampsia
9. Endothelial Cell Dysfunction and Oxidative Stress
10. Animal Models
11. Tests to Predict Preeclampsia
12. Prevention of Preeclampsia and Eclampsia
13. Cerebrovascular (Patho)Physiology in Preeclampsia/ Eclampsia
14. Cardiovascular Alterations in Normal and Preeclamptic Pregnancy
15. The Renin-Angiotensin Systems, their Autoantibodies, and Body Fluid Volume in Preeclampsia
16. The Kidney and Normal Pregnancy and Preeclampsia
17. Platelets, Coagulation, and the Liver
18. Chronic Hypertension and Pregnancy
19. Antihypertensive Treatment
20. Management

Robert N. Taylor, MD, PhD is Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY. Previously, he was Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at The University of Utah, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Emory University, and Director of the Center for Reproductive Sciences at the University of California, San Francisco. Taylor received his undergraduate education at Stanford University and the combined MD-PhD at Baylor College of Medicine. He is a board-certified obstetrician-gynecologist and reproductive endocrinologist whose major research foci have included the role of placental angiogenesis and endothelial cell activation in preeclampsia, and the molecular actions of estrogen and progesterone on endometrial differentiation and neuroangiogenesis as they relate to endometriosis. Dr. Taylor served on executive committees of the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology, NIH Reproductive Scientist Development Program, the World Endometriosis Society and the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine.
Dr. Roberts’ research is interdisciplinary and involves fundamental, clinical, behavioral and epidemiological studies. He has been involved in several seminal studies of preeclampsia including the recognition of preeclampsia as involving endothelial dysfunction and being more than hypertension in pregnancy. He currently is involved in global health research as part of the Global Pregnancy Collaboration, a consortium of 40 centers world-wide that facilitates collaborative research. He is a co-investigator on studies in Brazil and South Africa. He chaired the ACOG Hypertension Task Force and was co-chair of the NHLBI NIH workshop on research on pregnancy hypertension.
F. Gary Cunningham, MD is holder of the Miguel and Beatrice Distinguished Chair of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center. He is also chair emeritus of the Department of Obstetri