The Pulmonary Circulation -- Epidemiology and Disease Classification of Pulmonary Hypertension -- Pathogenesis of Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension -- Hypoxic Pulmonary Hypertension -- Pulmonary Hypertension In Chronic Heart And Lung Disease -- Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension -- Schistosomiasis- Associated Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension -- Approach to the Patient with Elevated Pulmonary Arterial Pressure -- Echocardiography -- Pulmonary Hemodynamics and Right Heart Catheterization -- Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing in Pulmonary Hypertension -- Adjunct Therapy and Calcium Channel Blockers -- Prostacyclin Therapy for Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension -- Endothelin Receptor Antagonists.-Modulation Of cGMP Synthesis And Metabolism -- Combination Therapy for the Treatment of Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension -- Investigative Therapies in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension -- Pulmonary Hypertension In Critically Ill Patients -- Perioperative Management of Pulmonary Hypertension.

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,Â{u4A61}agnosis and Management of Pulmonary HypertensionÂ{u9CE0}a valuable resource for pulmonologists, cardiologists, and practitioners in internal medicine and critical care. Â{u282E}.