Pulmonary Hypertension
ISBN: 9780199572564 | 0199572569
Edition: 1stFormat: Paperback
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Pub. Date: 1/20/2013
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An accessible reference text to help clinicians in all relevant specialties understand how to diagnose and manage the conditions of pulmonary hypertension and pulmonary areterial hypertension, including information on when and whom to refer patients to.
High pressure in the lungs, or pulmonary hypertension, is most commonly due to smoking-related lung disease and conditions affecting the left heart, for example, high blood pressure in the arteries, faulty heart valves, and a weakened heart muscle. Pulmonary arteria... MORE
High pressure in the lungs, or pulmonary hypertension, is most commonly due to smoking-related lung disease and conditions affecting the left heart, for example, high blood pressure in the arteries, faulty heart valves, and a weakened heart muscle. Pulmonary arteria... MORE
| History of pulmonary hypertension and the circulation | |
| Definitions of pulmonary hypertension and pulmonary arterial hypertension | |
| Clinical classification of pulmonary hyptertension | |
| Pathology of pulmonary hyptertension | |
| Pathology of chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension | |
| Pathobiology of pulmonary arterial hypertension | |
| Inflammation, growth factors and thrombosis in pulmonary... MORE | |
| Genetics and genomics of pulmonary arterial hypertension | |
| Epidemiology of pulmonary arterial hypertension and pulmonary hypertension | |
| Risk factors for pulmonary arterial hypertension | |
| Pathophysiology of pulmonary hypertension in non-pulmonary arterial hypertension groups | |
| Pulmonary arterial hypertension associated with connective tissue diseases | |
| Systemic sclerosis | |
| Systemic lupus erythematosus | |
| Sjogren's syndrome | |
| Polymyositis and dermatomyositis | |
| HIV | |
| Porto-pulmonary hypertension | |
| Venous thromboembolism and acute pulmonary embolism | |
| Acute pulmonary embolism | |
| Chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension | |
| Pulmonary hypertension associated with congenital systemic-to-pulmonary cardiac shunts | |
| Schistomiasis | |
| Chronic haemolyticanaemias and pulmonary arterial hypertension | |
| Interstitial lung disease and pulmonary hypertension | |
| Prognosis of pulmonary arterial hypertension | |
| The right ventricle | |
| Clinical features of pulmonary arterial hypertension | |
| Haemodynamics and treatment approaches in pulmonary hypertension due to left heart disease | |
| Diagnostic algorithm | |
| Simple investigations | |
| Ventilation/perfusion scanning | |
| Echocardiography | |
| Non-invasive exercise testing | |
| Cardiac catheterisation | |
| Management of pulmonary arterial hypertension | |
| General measures | |
| Contraception in pulmonary arterial hypertension | |
| Risks of pregnancy and contraception | |
| Lifestyle issues | |
| Elective surgery in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension | |
| Supportive therapy | |
| Management of arrhythmias | |
| Advanced therapies for pulmonary arterial hypertension | |
| Endothelin and endothelin receptor antagonists | |
| Phosphodiesterase-5 inhibitors | |
| Classes of recommendations for procedures and treatments | |
| Drug interactions with pulmonary arterial hypertension targeted therapies | |
| Combination therapy in pulmonary arterial hypertension | |
| Problems in conducting pulmonary arterial hypertension drug trials | |
| Atrial septostomy | |
| Translation | |
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