A Clinician's Guide to Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension

Simon Stewart

• Publisher: CRC Press
• Year: 2008
• eBook ISBN:
  9781040174920
• Topic: Medicine
• Subtopic: Cardiology

Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is a relatively rare but potentially life-threatening disease. In most forms, the disease is likely to be diagnosed late and is associated with progressive clinical deterioration and premature death. A Clinician's Guide to Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension, Second Edition enhances the overall PAH awareness of the wider clinical community and outlines the need for more effective screening, diagnosis, and treatment. Topics include:

• Disease background and epidemiology



• Basics of disease pathophysiology



• Clinical profile and diagnosis



• Treatment strategies



• Screening and management of PAH.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half Title
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Table of Contents
• Preface
• 1. Introduction
• 2. Disease background and epidemiology of pulmonary arterial hypertension
• 3. Pulmonary arterial hypertension – increasing our understanding of disease pathophysiology
• 4. Pulmonary arterial hypertension – clinical profile and diagnosis
• 5. Improving outcomes in pulmonary arterial hypertension – pharmacological and surgical treatment strategies
• 6. Screening and management of pulmonary arterial hypertension
• Appendix: Informative websites: pulmonary arterial hypertension
• References
• Index