Pulmonary Circulation
Diseases and Their Treatment
Second Edition
ISBN13: 9780340807828ISBN10: 0340807822
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652 pages
Aug 2004,
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Table of Contents
Part One.
The structure and function of the normal pulmonary circulation
1.
Pulmonary vascular function
,
2.
Functional structure of the pulmonary circulation
,
Part Two.
Pathophysiology and pathology of pulmonary vascular disease
3.
Pathology of pulmonary vascular disease
,
4.
Hypoxic pulmonary vasoconstriction and hypertension
,
5.
Pulmonary vascular re-modelling
,
6.
The genetics of pulmonary hypertension
,
Part Three.
The diagnosis of pulmonary hypertension
7.
Clinical features
,
8.
Echocardiography
,
9.
Imaging
,
10.
Cardiac catheterization
,
11.
An integrated approach to the diagnosis of PHT
,
Part Four.
Disorders associated with pulmonary hypertension: Pathobiology, diagnosis & treatment
12.
Classification and clinical features of PHT
,
13.
Pulmonary arterial hypertension
13.1.
Pathobiology of pulmonary arterial hypertension
,
Diseases associated with pulmonary arterial hypertension
13.2.
Primary pulmonary hypertension
,
13.3.
Familial primary pulmonary hypertension
,
13.4.
Pulmonary hypertension associated with connective tissue disease
,
13.5.
Pulmonary hypertension related to appetite suppressant
,
13.6.
Pulmonary hypertension associated with portal hypertension
,
13.7.
Pulmonary hypertension related to HIV infection
,
13.8.
Pulmonary hypertension in association with congenital systemic to pulmonary shunts
,
13.9.
Pulmonary vasculitis
,
13.10.
Hemoglobinopathies in HBS
,
Treatment
13.11.
Conventional medical therapies
,
Disease modifying therapies
13.12.
Intravenous prostacyclin in pulmonary arterial hypertension
,
13.13.
Inhaled iloprost
,
13.14.
Oral and subcutaneous prostacyclin analogues
,
13.15.
Inhaled nitric oxide
,
13.16.
Endothelin antagonists
,
13.17.
Novel medical approaches - growth inhibitors
,
Surgical therapies
13.18.
Transplantation
,
13.19.
Atrial septostomy
,
13.20.
An integrated approach to the treatment of PAHT
,
14.
Pulmonary venous hypertension
14.1.
Diagnosis and treatment of left heart disease
,
14.2.
Pulmonary venous occlusive disease
,
14.3.
Hemangiomatosis
,
15.
Pulmonary hypertension associated with disorders of the respiratory system and/or hypoxaemia
15.1.
Pulmonary hypertension due to chronic hypoxic lung disease
,
15.2.
Pulmonary hypertension in sleep disorders and breathing
,
15.3.
An integrated approach to the treatment of pulmonary hypertension due to hypoxic lung
,
Part Five.
Pulmonary thromboembolism and pulmonary vascular tumors
16.
Acute pulmonary thromboembolism
16.1.
Diagnosis
,
16.2.
Treatment
,
17.
Chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension
,
18.
Pulmonary vascular tumors
,
Part Six.
Pulmonary hypertension in paediatrics
19.
Primary pulmonary hypertension in children
,
20.
Persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newborn: strategies in clinical management
,
Part Seven.
Pulmonary circulation in critical care
21.
Effects of mechanical ventilation on the pulmonary circulation
,
22.
Effects of lung injury on the pulmonary circulation
,
23.
Pharmacological manipulation of the pulmonary circulation in critically ill patients
,
Part Eight.
Pulmonary circulation in special environments
24.
High altitude, high altitude pulmonary edema and the pulmonary circulation
,
25.
Pulmonary circulation in the underwater environment
,
26.
Fetal lung circulation
,
Part Nine.
Disorders causing intra-pulmonary shunt
27.
Hepato-pulmonary syndrome
,
28.
Pulmonary arteriovenous malformations
,
