Pulmonary Circulation: Diseases and Their Treatment, Fourth Edition

ISBN-13: 9780367574918 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 784 str.

Andrew J. Peacock; Robert Naeije; Lewis J. Rubin

Opis

This book 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.This new edition incorporates the latest clinical,

Spis treści

Physiology and Pathophysiology of Pulmonary Circulation and Right Heart. Pathobiology of Pulmonary Vascular Disease and Right Ventricular Failure. Clinical Assessment of Pulmonary Hypertension. Group 1: Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension. Drug and Nondrug Treatment of Group 1 Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension. Group 2: Pulmonary Hypertension Associated with Left Heart Conditions. Group 3: Pulmonary Hypertension Associated with Hypoxia, Hypoventilation, and Lung Disease. Group 4: Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension. Pulmonary Hypertension with Unclear and/or Multifactorial Mechanisms. Acute Pulmonary Embolism. Pediatric Pulmonary Hypertension. Pulmonary Circulation In Critical Care. Pulmonary Circulation in Environmental Stress. Pulmonary Arterio-Venous Malformations and Shunts. Pulmonary Vascular Tumors and Pulmonary Vasculitis.

O autorze

Edited by

Andrew J. Peacock, Golden Jubilee National Hospital, Glasgow, UK

Robert Naeije, The Free University of Brussels, Belgium

Lewis J. Rubin, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, USA