(PDF) Pulmonary Hypertension by Bradley A. Maron

This is the PDF eBook version for Pulmonary Hypertension – Basic Science to Clinical Medicine by Bradley A. Maron, Roham T. Zamanian, Aaron B. Waxman

Table of Contents

Historical Perspective on the Classification and Nomenclature of Pulmonary Hypertension.- The Defining Characteristics of Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension.- Pulmonary Hypertension in Patients Without Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension.- Epidemiology of Pulmonary Hypertension: From Quaternary Referral Centre to the Community.- The Effects of Chronic Hypoxia on Inflammation and Pulmonary Vascular Function.- Genetics of Pulmonary Vascular Disease.- Novel Mechanisms of Disease: Network Biology and MicroRNA Signaling in Pulmonary Hypertension.- Pulmonary Hypertension as a Metabolic Disease.- Renin-Angiotensin-Aldosterone and other Neurohumoral Factors in the Pathogenesis of Pulmonary Hypertension.- Animal Models of Pulmonary Hypertension.- The Cardiopulmonary Hemodynamic Evaluation of Pulmonary Hypertension.- Advanced Imaging in Pulmonary Hypertension.- Assessing Disease State in the Pulmonary Vasculature in Clinical Practice and Research.- Biomarkers and other Methods for Assessing Patient Progress.- Pulmonary Circulatory – Right Ventricular Uncoupling: New Insights into Pulmonary Hypertension Pathophysiology.- Contemporary Pharmacotherapies Involving Nitric Oxide, Prostacyclin, and Endothelin Receptor Signaling Pathways.- Determining the Optimal Approach to Initiating Oral, Inhaled, and Intravenous Therapies in Clinical Practice: Sequential Goal-Directed Therapy is Best.- Counterpoint: Determining the optimal approach to initiating oral, inhaled, and intravenous therapies in clinical practice: Maximal upfront therapy is best.- Surgery, Devices, Transplantation and Other Interventional Options for the Treatment of Advanced Pulmonary Hypertension.- Patient Registries in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension: the Role of Survival Equations and Risk Calculators.- Support Care for the Pulmonary Hypertension Patient.- Special Considerations for the Pulmonary Hypertension Patient.- The Future of Pulmonary Hypertension.