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Brunton, S.A. (2005). Hypertension. In: Taylor, R.B., David, A.K., Phillips, D.M., Fields, S.A., Scherger, J.E. (eds) Taylor’s Cardiovascular Diseases. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-27276-3_1
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