Pulmonary Hypertension in Adult Congenital Heart Disease

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Dimopoulos, Konstantinos (Editor), Diller, Gerhard-Paul (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Series: Congenital Heart Disease in Adolescents and Adults,
• Subjects: Medicine.; Cardiology.; Respiratory organs > Diseases.; Cardiac surgery.; Medicine & Public Health.; Cardiac Surgery.; Pneumology/Respiratory System.

This book is intended as a comprehensive, practically oriented reference on pulmonary hypertension within the context of adult congenital heart disease (ACHD). After an introductory chapter on pathophysiology, the various types of pulmonary hypertension that may be encountered in ACHD are discussed,...