Diagnosis and Management of Pulmonary Hypertension

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Klinger, James R. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Frantz, Robert P. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Humana Press, 2015.
• Σειρά: Respiratory Medicine, 12
• Θέματα: Medicine.; Critical care medicine.; Cardiology.; Respiratory organs > Diseases.; Medicine & Public Health.; Pneumology/Respiratory System.; Intensive / Critical Care Medicine.

This book provides an overview of pulmonary hypertensive diseases, the current understanding of their pathobiology, and a contemporary approach to diagnosis and treatment. It discusses the definition and classification of these disorders and the epidemiology of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH);...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• The Pulmonary Circulation
• Epidemiology and Disease Classification of Pulmonary Hypertension
• Pathogenesis of Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
• Hypoxic Pulmonary Hypertension
• Pulmonary Hypertension In Chronic Heart And Lung Disease
• Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension
• Schistosomiasis- Associated Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
• Approach to the Patient with Elevated Pulmonary Arterial Pressure
• Echocardiography
• Pulmonary Hemodynamics and Right Heart Catheterization
• Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing in Pulmonary Hypertension
• Adjunct Therapy and Calcium Channel Blockers
• Prostacyclin Therapy for Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
• Endothelin Receptor Antagonists.-Modulation Of cGMP Synthesis And Metabolism
• Combination Therapy for the Treatment of Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
• Investigative Therapies in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
• Pulmonary Hypertension In Critically Ill Patients
• Perioperative Management of Pulmonary Hypertension.