Pulmonary Heart Disease

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xv

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2. Introduction

   • Lewis J. Rubin

   Pages 1-10

3. Pathophysiology of the Pulmonary Circulation

   • Brydon J. B. Grant, David R. Dantzker

   Pages 11-64

4. Pathology of Pulmonary Heart Disease

   • Wayne E. Taylor

   Pages 65-105

5. Clinical Evaluation

   • Lewis J. Rubin

   Pages 107-115

6. The Electrocardiogram in Chronic Lung Disease

   • Francis X. McGowan, Galen S. Wagner

   Pages 117-134

7. Roentgenographic Evaluation of Pulmonary Heart Disease

   • Carl E. Ravin

   Pages 135-176

8. Pulmonary Function and Exercise Testing

   • Timothy R. Chappell

   Pages 177-221

9. Radionuclide Angiocardiographic Assessment of Right and Left Ventricular Performance

   • Richard A. Matthay, Harvey J. Berger

   Pages 223-245

10. The Left Ventricle in Chronic Lung Disease

    • Edgar J. Caldwell

    Pages 247-271

11. Arrhythmias in Chronic Lung Disease

    • Eric N. Prystowsky, George J. Klein

    Pages 273-283

12. Acute Cor Pulmonale

    • Warren R. Summer

    Pages 285-324

13. Therapy of Pulmonary Heart Disease

    • Lewis J. Rubin, Robert H. Peter

    Pages 325-353

14. Prognosis of Pulmonary Heart Disease

    • Russell Dodge, Benjamin Burrows, Douglass Morrison

    Pages 355-368

15. Back Matter

    Pages 369-373

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Responsibility for the diagnosis and management of disorders of the pulmonary circulation has become the shared domain of the pulmonologist, cardiologist, surgeon, radiologist, pathologist, and, perhaps most important of all, the internist. It is the general internist who is most likely to care for the majority of patients with lung diseases that secondarily give rise to pulmonary heart disease, and it is the internist who will first evaluate the patient with primary pulmonary hyperten­ sion or recurrent pulmonary thromboembolism who presents with nonspecific complaints and may manifest subtle and nondiagnostic findings on preliminary evaluation. The burgeoning medical literature concerning aspects of the pulmonary circula­ tion, both clinical and investigative, is a reflection of the reawakening of great interest in this field and has led to many new developments, both in our understand­ ing of cardiopulmonary pathophysiology and in the diagnosis and treatment of pulmonary vascular diseases. This book is an attempt to provide the clinician with a comprehensive overview of pulmonary heart disease from the perspective of experts representing a variety of disciplines. It is intended to be thorough yet clinically relevant. Individuals familiar with some facets of pulmonary heart disease may gain insight into other aspects of this condition, whereas those unfamiliar with this disorder may find this work useful as a general reference or as a resource to address a specific question.

• circulation
• electrocardiogram (ECG)
• embolism
• heart
• vascular disease

`The book is physiologically and clinically oriented and covers a selection of problems of greates clinical concern and investigative interest. Each of the chapters is actually a minimonograph in which the contributors have obviously made determined efforts to be comprehensive as well as concise. Clearly, Dr. Rubin has succeeded in organizing a superb presentataion of the state of the art and state of the science of pulmonary heart disease.' Cardiology

• University of Texas Health Science Center at Dallas, Dallas, USA

  Lewis J. Rubin

• Pulmonary Section, Veterans Administration Medical Center, Dallas, USA

  Lewis J. Rubin

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