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Diagnosis and Treatment of Pulmonary Hypertension

From Bench to Bedside

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  • Ideal resource to acquire latest info on mechanism, diagnostic images, and treatment in the management of pulmonary hypertension

  • Provides through coverage on treatment for pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) and chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH)

  • Discusses various topics on pathophysiology and genetics of pulmonary hypertension

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Table of contents (17 chapters)

  1. Treatment of Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension (CTEPH)

  2. Right Ventricular Function

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About this book

This book focuses on pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH, Group 1) and chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH, Group 4) among the various groups of pulmonary hypertension (PH) whose classification was updated into five major categories at the 5th World Symposium held in Nice, France, in 2013. Readers will find recent progress, methods, and up-to-date information on PH mechanisms, diagnostic images, and treatment in the management of PH.
This volume, with contributions by leading researchers worldwide in the field , consists of five parts, starting with the fundamentals of PH, then pathophysiology and genetics, treatment, and right ventricular function.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Internal Medicine, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Japan

    Yoshihiro Fukumoto

About the editor

Prof. Yoshihiro Fukumoto Dept. of Internal Medicine, Kurume University School of Medicine

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Diagnosis and Treatment of Pulmonary Hypertension

  • Book Subtitle: From Bench to Bedside

  • Editors: Yoshihiro Fukumoto

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-287-840-3

  • Publisher: Springer Singapore

  • eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Singapore 2017

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-287-839-7Published: 13 January 2017

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-981-13-5715-2Published: 12 December 2018

  • eBook ISBN: 978-981-287-840-3Published: 05 January 2017

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VIII, 236

  • Number of Illustrations: 25 b/w illustrations, 45 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Cardiology, Pneumology/Respiratory System, Cardiac Surgery

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