Overview
- Provides an overview of disease classification
- Each chapter focuses on key issues
- Final chapters outline ongoing research and future treatments
Part of the book series: Respiratory Medicine (RM)
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This book provides an overview of pulmonary hypertensive diseases, the current understanding of their pathobiology, and a contemporary approach to diagnosis and treatment. It discusses the definition and classification of these disorders and the epidemiology of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH); explores the approach to diagnosis and evaluation via methods such as echocardiography, right heart catheterization, and cardiopulmonary exercise testing; describes the major drug classes used to treat PAH and the cell signaling pathways that they target as well as adjunct and investigative therapies; and highlights special situations that are particularly challenging in the management of PAH. Written by experts in their respective fields, Diagnosis and Management of Pulmonary Hypertension is a valuable resource for pulmonologists, cardiologists, and practitioners in internal medicine and critical care.
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Book Title: Diagnosis and Management of Pulmonary Hypertension
Editors: James R. Klinger, Robert P. Frantz
Series Title: Respiratory Medicine
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-2636-7
Publisher: Humana New York, NY
eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 2015
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4939-2635-0Published: 26 May 2015
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4939-5281-6Published: 09 October 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4939-2636-7Published: 25 May 2015
Series ISSN: 2197-7372
Series E-ISSN: 2197-7380
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIV, 474
Number of Illustrations: 45 b/w illustrations, 47 illustrations in colour
Topics: Pneumology/Respiratory System, Cardiology, Intensive / Critical Care Medicine