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Historical perspective : a century of primary (idiopathic) pulmonary hypertension -- Classification of pulmonary hypertension -- Diagnostic approach to pulmonary arterial hypertension -- Pathophysiology of pulmonary arterial hypertension -- Pulmonary hypertension genes -- The right ventricle in pulmonary hypertension -- Congenital heart disease associated pulmonary hypertension -- Pulmonary hypertension associated with HIV, liver disease, sarcoidosis, and sickle cell disease -- Chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension -- General therapeutic approach and traditional therapies -- Prostacyclin therapy for pulmonary arterial hypertension -- Endothelin and its blockade in pulmonary arterial hypertension -- PDE5 inhibitors and the cGMP pathway in pulmonary arterial hypertension -- Statins for treatment of pulmonary hypertension -- Transitions and combination therapy for pulmonary arterial hypertension -- Acute right ventricular dysfunction : focus on acute cor pulmonale -- Lung transplantation and arterial septostomy for pulmonary arterial hypertension -- New directions in pulmonary hypertension therapy.
[edited] by Nicholas S. Hill, Harrison W. Farber.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contemporary cardiology (Totowa, N.J. : Unnumbered)