| Description |
1 online resource (xix, 784 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Front Cover; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Contributors; Part 1: Physiology and Pathophysiology of Pulmonary Circulation and Right Heart; 1. Evolution of the pulmonary circulation and the right heart; 2. Pulmonary vascular function; 3. Gas exchange; 4. Right ventricular function; 5. Heart-lung interactions; Part 2: Pathobiology of Pulmonary Vascular Disease and Right Ventricular Failure; 6. Pathology of pulmonary vascular diseases; 7. Pathobiology of pulmonary hypertension; 8. Pathobiology of right ventricular failure; Part 3: Clinical Assessment of Pulmonary Hypertension |
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9. Clinical features10. Echocardiography; 11. Imaging and pulmonary hypertension: chest radiography, ventilation-perfusion scintigraphy, and computed tomography; 12. Imaging: emerging modalities (magnetic resonance and nuclear imaging); 13. Exercise testing in pulmonary hypertension; 14. Clinical assessment of PH: biomarkers; 15. Cardiac catheterization; 16. Classification of pulmonary hypertension; Part 4: Group 1: Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension; 17. Idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension; 18. Heritable pulmonary hypertension |
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19. Pulmonary arterial hypertension associated with drugs and toxins20. Pulmonary arterial hypertension associated with connective tissue diseases; 21. Portopulmonary hypertension; 22. Pulmonary arterial hypertension associated with HIV infection; 23. Pulmonary hypertension related to congenital systemic-to-pulmonary shunts; 24. Schistosomiasis; 25. Pulmonary hypertension in pregnancy; 26. Pulmonary venoocclusive disease and pulmonary capillary hemangiomatosis; 27. Pulmonary arterial hypertension registries; Part 5: Drug and Nondrug Treatment of Group 1 Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension |
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28. Conventional medical therapies: supportive therapies and general clinical care measures29. Calcium channel blockers in the treatment of pulmonary arterial hypertension; 30. Prostacyclins; 31. Endothelin receptor antagonists; 32. Phosphodiesterase type-5 inhibitors; 33. Soluble guanylate cyclase stimulators and activators; 34. Rehabilitation; 35. Combination therapy for pulmonary arterial hypertension; 36. Atrial septostomy and Potts procedure; 37. Lung transplantation for pulmonary arterial hypertension including bridging to transplantation |
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38. Future of pulmonary arterial hypertension therapyPart 6: Group 2: Pulmonary Hypertension Associated with Left Heart Conditions; 39. World Health Organization pulmonary hypertension group 2: pulmonary hypertension due to left heart disease; 40. Diagnosis and clinical relevance of pulmonary hypertension secondary to mitral or aortic valve diseases or congenital left-sided; 41. Treatment of pulmonary hypertension in left heart disease; Part 7: Group 3: Pulmonary HypertensIon Associated with Hypoxia, Hypoventilation, and Lung Disease; 42. Chronic high-altitude exposure |
| Summary |
Pulmonary Circulation provides physicians with a better understanding of the structure, function and pathophysiology of the pulmonary circulation. It provides comprehensive coverage from diagnosis and clinical evaluation of patients with pulmonary hypertension to imaging techniques, disorders and treatment |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Pulmonary circulation.
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Pulmonary hypertension -- Pathophysiology
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Lungs -- Blood-vessels -- Diseases -- Treatment
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Pulmonary hypertension.
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Pulmonary Circulation
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Hypertension, Pulmonary
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Cardiovascular Diseases -- complications
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HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases -- General.
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MEDICAL -- Clinical Medicine.
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MEDICAL -- Diseases.
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MEDICAL -- Evidence-Based Medicine.
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MEDICAL -- Internal Medicine.
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Pulmonary hypertension
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Pulmonary circulation
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Peacock, A. J., editor
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Naeije, Robert, editor
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Rubin, Lewis J., editor
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| ISBN |
9781498719919 |
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1498719910 |
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9781498719940 |
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1498719945 |
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9781498798754 |
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1498798756 |
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