Pulmonary Hypertension addresses the areas of pathophysiology and therapy of pulmonary hypertension, which have seen exciting developments over the past decade.

Pulmonary Hypertension led to significant improvements in patient function, quality of life and survival.

Contents

1. Historical Perspective: A Century of Primary (Idiopathic) Pulmonary Hypertension.
2. Classification of Pulmonary Hypertension
3. Diagnostic Approach to Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
4. Pathophysiology of Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
5. Pulmonary Hypertension Genes
6. The Right Ventricle in Pulmonary Hypertension
7. Congenital Heart Disease Associated Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
8. Connective Tissue Disease Associated Pulmonary Hypertension
9. Pulmonary Hypertension associated with HIV, Liver Disease, Sarcoidosis and Sickle Cell Disease.
10. Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension
11. General Therapeutic Approach and Traditional Therapies
12. Prostacyclin Therapy for Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
13. Endothelin and its blockade in pulmonary arterial hypertension
14. PDE 5 Inhibitors and the cGMP Pathway in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
15. Statins for treatment of pulmonary hypertension
16. Transitions and Combination Therapy for Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
17. Acute right ventricular dysfunction: focus on acute cor pulmonale Antoine
18. Lung transplantion and atrial septostomy for pulmonary arterial hypertension
19. New Directions in Pulmonary Hypertension Therapy

Index

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