Pulmonary Circulation

Edited byAndrew J. Peacock, Golden Jubilee National Hospital, Glasgow, UKRobert Naeije, The Free University of Brussels, BelgiumLewis J. Rubin, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, USA

• Physiology and Pathophysiology of Pulmonary Circulation and Right Heart. Pathobiology of Pulmonary Vascular Disease and Right Ventricular Failure. Clinical Assessment of Pulmonary Hypertension. Group 1: Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension. Drug and Nondrug Treatment of Group 1 Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension. Group 2: Pulmonary Hypertension Associated with Left Heart Conditions. Group 3: Pulmonary Hypertension Associated with Hypoxia, Hypoventilation, and Lung Disease. Group 4: Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension. Pulmonary Hypertension with Unclear and/or Multifactorial Mechanisms. Acute Pulmonary Embolism. Pediatric Pulmonary Hypertension. Pulmonary Circulation In Critical Care. Pulmonary Circulation in Environmental Stress. Pulmonary Arterio-Venous Malformations and Shunts. Pulmonary Vascular Tumors and Pulmonary Vasculitis.

Praise for previous editions:"This book is at the vanguard of its type in the field of pulmonary circulation, and it achieves the editors' ambitious goal of providing a balance between scientific review and clinically relevant comprehensive guidelines for the busy practising physician."—New England Journal of Medicine