Pulmonary Hypertension (eBook, PDF)

Redaktion: Humbert, Marc; Lynch, Joseph P.

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Written by internationally recognized experts, Pulmonary Hypertension bridges the gap between pulmonology and cardiology to provide clinicians in both disciplines with knowledge of the signs, symptoms, diagnosis, and pharmacologic and surgical treatments for pulmonary hypertension (PH). Through the use of clinical trials, this ground-breaking text

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 552
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. Juli 2009
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781420094763
• Artikelnr.: 42941360

Autorenporträt

Marc Humbert, Joseph P. Lynch III

Inhaltsangabe

1. Classification and Epidemiology of Pulmonary Hypertension. 2. Pathology
of Pulmonary Hypertension. 3. Pathogenesis of Pulmonary Arterial
Hypertension (PAH). 4. Animal Models of Pulmonary Hypertension. 5. Genetics
of PAH. 6. Imaging of Pulmonary Hypertension. 7. Echocardiography of PAH.
8. Diagnosis and Hemodynamic Assessment of PAH. 9. Idiopathic PAH. 10. PAH
Complicating Connective Tissue Diseases. 11. PAH in Congenital Heart
Diseases. 12. PAH and HIV Infection. 13. Portopulmonary Hypertension. 14.
Pulmonary Hypertension Complicating Schistosomiasis. 15.
Hemolysis-Associated Pulmonary Hypertension. 16. Pulmonary Veno-Occlusive
Disease and Pulmonary Capillary Hemangiomatosis. 17. Pulmonary Hypertension
in Obstructive Lung Diseases. 18. Pulmonary Hypertension in Restrictive
Lung Diseases. 19. Chronic Mountain Sickness. 20. Chronic Thromboembolic
Pulmonary Hypertension. 21. Medical Treatment of PAH: Basic Therapy and
Calcium Channel Blockers. 22. Medical Treatment of PAH: Prostacyclins. 23.
Medical Treatment of PAH: Phosphodiesterase Inhibitors. 24. Medical
Treatment of PAH: Endothelin Receptor Antagonists. 25. Medical Treatment of
PAH: Combination Therapy, Novel Agents, Future Directions and Current
Recommendations. 26. Atrioseptostomy in PAH. 27. Surgical Management of
PAH. 28. Lung Transplantation for Pulmonary Hypertension: Who Is a
Candidate and When to List? 29. Pregnancy and PAH. 30. Management of PAH in
the ICU. 31. End Points and Clinical Trial Designs in PAH: Clinical and
Regulatory Perspectives.