Table of Contents

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.

About the Author

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

Reviews

Praise for previous editions:"This book is at the vanguard of its type in the field of pulmonary circulation, and it achieves the editors' ambitious goal of providing a balance between scientific review and clinically relevant comprehensive guidelines for the busy practising physician."
—New England Journal of Medicine