Pulmonary Circulation: Diseases and Their Treatment Book

Pt. 1	The structure and function of the normal pulmonary circulation	1
1	Pulmonary vascular function	3
2	Functional anatomy of the pulmonary microcirculation	14
Pt. 2	Pathophysiology and pathology of pulmonary vascular disease	23
3	Pathology of pulmonary vascular disease	25
4	Hypoxic pulmonary vasoconstriction and hypertension	33
5	Pulmonary vascular remodeling	45
6	The genetics of pulmonary hypertension	62
Pt. 3	The diagnosis of pulmonary hypertension	71
7	Clinical features	73
8	Echocardiography	89
9	Imaging	100
10	Cardiac catheterization of patients with pulmonary hypertension	121
11	An integrated approach to the diagnosis of pulmonary hypertension	132
Pt. 4	Disorders associated with pulmonary hypertension : pathobiology, diagnosis and treatment	145
12	Classification and clinical features of PHT	147
13	Pulmonary arterial hypertension	155
13A	Pathobiology of pulmonary arterial hypertension	156
13B	Primary pulmonary hypertension : pathophysiological and clinical aspects	166
13C	Familial primary pulmonary hypertension	171
13D	Pulmonary hypertension associated with connective tissue disease	181
13E	Pulmonary hypertension related to appetite suppressants	191
13F	Pulmonary hypertension associated with portal hypertension	199
13G	Pulmonary hypertension related to HIV infection	204
13H	Pulmonary hypertension in association with congenital systemic-to-pulmonary shunts	212
13I	Pulmonary vasculitis	225
13J	Pulmonary hypertension in sickle cell disease and thalassemia	237
13K	Conventional medical therapies	244
13L	Intravenous prostacyclin for pulmonary arterial hypertension	255
13M	Inhaled iloprost	268
13N	Oral and subcutaneous prostacyclin analogs	278
13O	Inhaled nitric oxide	283
13P	Endothelin receptor antagonists	294
13Q	Novel medical approaches - growth inhibitors	302
13R	Lung transplantation	309
13S	Atrial septostomy	319
13T	An integrated approach to the treatment of pulmonary arterial hypertension	334
14	Pulmonary venous hypertension	345
14A	Diagnosis and treatment of left heart disease	346
14B	Pulmonary veno-occlusive disease	356
14C	Pulmonary capillary hemangiomatosis	366
15	Pulmonary hypertension associated with disorders of the respiratory system and/or hypoxemia	373
15A	Pulmonary hypertension due to chronic hypoxic lung disease	374
15B	Pulmonary circulation in obstructive sleep apnea	387
15C	An integrated approach to the treatment of pulmonary hypertension due to hypoxic lung disease	398
Pt. 5	Pulmonary thromboembolism and pulmonary vascular tumors	411
16	Acute pulmonary thromboembolism	413
16A	Diagnosis	414
16B	Treatment	429
17	Chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension	440
18	Pulmonary vascular tumors	453
Pt. 6	Pulmonary hypertension in pediatrics	459
19	Primary pulmonary hypertension in children	461
20	Persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newborn : strategies in clinical management	484
Pt. 7	Pulmonary circulation in critical care	495
21	Effects of mechanical ventilation on the pulmonary circulation	497
22	Effects of lung injury on the pulmonary circulation	518
23	Pharmacological management of the pulmonary circulation in critically ill patients	532
Pt. 8	Pulmonary circulation in special environments	539
24	High altitude, high-altitude pulmonary edema and the pulmonary circulation	541
25	The pulmonary circulation in the underwater environment	552
26	The fetal lung circulation	559
Pt. 9	Disorders causing intrapulmonary shunt	573
27	Hepatopulmonary syndrome	575
28	Pulmonary arteriovenous malformations	584