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Record Nr.

UNINA9910792287203321

Titolo

Advances in the management of pulmonary arterial hypertension / / editors, Kimberly A. Smith, Dustin R. Fraidenburg, Jason X.-J. Yuan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, England : , : Future Medicine Ltd., , [2013]

©2013

ISBN

1-78084-309-7

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (129 p.)

Disciplina

616.24

Soggetti

Pulmonary hypertension

Pulmonary hypertension - Treatment

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Title page; Copyright page; Contents; Foreword. Current therapies for the treatment of pulmonary arterial hypertension; 1. Etiology and prevalence of pulmonary arterial hypertension; 2. Pathology and diagnosis of pulmonary arterial hypertension; 3. Conventional therapy; 4. Targeted therapies: prostaglandins; 5. Targeted therapies: endothelin receptor antagonists ; 6. Stimulators and activators of soluble guanylate cyclase: potential therapeutic indications; 7. Surgical approaches in pulmonary arterial hypertension; 8. Monitoring and prognosis of pulmonary arterial hypertension

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Sommario/riassunto

Advances in the Management of Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension