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1 online resource (101 pages) |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Print version record. |
| Summary |
Pulmonary hypertension is a fatal lung and heart disease. It is characterized by shortness of breath, fatigue and fainting. It is exacerbated by an increase of the pressure in the lung vasculature through exercise, leading to progressive worsening of hemodynamics, right ventricular hypertrophy, right heart insufficiency and finally right heart failure. This book focuses on pulmonary arterial hypertension, a rare and progressive subgroup of pulmonary hypertension, which is today incurable and terminally fatal. Classification of pulmonary arterial hypertension, its pathology, and strategies for. |
| Contents |
Machine generated contents note: Surgical Treatment of Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension / Philippe G. Dartevelle -- Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Associated with Systemic Sclerosis: A Need for a More Focused Approach / Paul M. Hassoun -- Established and New Therapies for Hypoxia and Non-Hypoxia-Related Pulmonary Hypertension / Friedrich Grimminger -- Novel Anti-Proliferative Therapies in Pulmonary Hypertension / Ralph Theo Schermuly -- What Animal Models Tell Us About Treatments for Pulmonary Hypertension / Lan Zhao -- Therapeutic Potential for Dual Inhibition of Endothelin Converting Enzyme and Neutral Endopeptidase in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension / Yvan Fischer -- Pulmonary Vascular Disease in the Newborn -- From Pathophysiology to Therapeutic Strategies / I. Reiss -- From Concept to Therapy -- Alternative Route of Drug Application: Inhalation / Horst Olschewski. |
| Subject |
Pulmonary hypertension.
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Pulmonary artery.
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Pulmonary Artery |
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Hypertension, Pulmonary |
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Hypertension pulmonaire.
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Artère pulmonaire.
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MEDICAL -- Pharmacology.
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Pulmonary artery
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Pulmonary hypertension
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| Added Author |
Antel, J. (Jochen)
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Hesselink, M. B. (Mayke Bernadette)
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Schermuly, R. T. (Ralph T.)
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Pulmonary arterial hypertension. Amsterdam ; Washington, D.C. : IOS Press, 2010 9781607506010 (OCoLC)669738855 |
| ISBN |
9781607506096 (electronic bk.) |
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1607506092 (electronic bk.) |
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1607506017 |
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9781607506010 |
| Standard No. |
CHBIS 007302051 |
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CHVBK 182741664 |
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DEBBG BV043125821 |
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DEBBG BV044147448 |
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DEBSZ 421670916 |
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