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1 online resource (viii, 99 pages) : illustrations |
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text txt rdacontent |
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computer c rdamedia |
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online resource cr rdacarrier |
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Therapeutic strategies |
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Therapeutic strategies.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is a rare condition; yet this very rarity can be a disadvantage when it comes to treatment, making PAH difficult to diagnose, and resulting in suboptimal patient care. Furthermore, the global burden of PAH remains poorly understood and largely underestimated, as PAH commonly presents as a comorbidity with such conditions as systemic sclerosis, COPD, idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis and left-heart dysfunction. However, in recent years there has been significant investment in developing new therapies for PAH, and treatment for this previously neglected disease. |
| Contents |
Editors and Contributors; Chapter 1: Imaging of the right heart and pulmonary circulation; Chapter 2: Exercise testing and haemodynamics; Chapter 3: Epidemiology of pulmonary arterial hypertension; Chapter 4: Current treatment of PAH: prostanoids, phosphodiesterase-5 inhibitors and stimulators of soluble guanylate cyclase; Chapter 5: The future treatment of pulmonary hypertension; Chapter 6: Endothelin receptor antagonists; Chapter 7: Gene and stem cell therapy in pulmonary arterial hypertension; Abbreviations; Index. |
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Pulmonary hypertension.
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Pulmonary artery.
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Hypertension, Pulmonary -- therapy |
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Hypertension, Pulmonary |
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Pulmonary Artery |
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Hypertension pulmonaire.
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Artère pulmonaire.
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MEDICAL -- Pulmonary & Thoracic Medicine.
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Pulmonary artery
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Pulmonary hypertension
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| Added Author |
Peacock, A. J.
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Barberà, J. A.
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| Cover Title |
Therapeutic strategies in pulmonary arterial hypertension |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Pulmonary arterial hypertension. Oxford : Clinical Pub., 2009 9781846920530 (OCoLC)255891036 |
| ISBN |
9781846926105 (electronic bk.) |
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1846926106 (electronic bk.) |
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9781846920530 |
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1846920531 |
| Standard No. |
AU@ 000058413724 |
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AU@ 000059216450 |
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AU@ 000060067433 |
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DEBBG BV043072273 |
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DEBSZ 42198841X |
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NZ1 13545795 |
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