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Record Nr.

UNISA996339089303316

Autore

Peacock A

Titolo

Therapeutic Strategies in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford, : Atlas Medical Publishing Ltd, 2009

ISBN

1-282-09392-4

9786612093920

1-84692-610-6

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (101 p.)

Collana

Therapeutic Strategies

Altri autori (Persone)

BarberàJ

Disciplina

616.24

Soggetti

Hypertension, Pulmonary

Pulmonary artery

Pulmonary hypertension

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Editors and Contributors; Chapter 1: Imaging of the right heart and pulmonary circulation; Chapter 2: Exercise testing and haemodynamics; Chapter 3: Epidemiology of pulmonary arterial hypertension; Chapter 4: Current treatment of PAH: prostanoids, phosphodiesterase-5 inhibitors and stimulators of soluble guanylate cyclase; Chapter 5: The future treatment of pulmonary hypertension; Chapter 6: Endothelin receptor antagonists; Chapter 7: Gene and stem cell therapy in pulmonary arterial hypertension; Abbreviations; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is a rare condition; yet this very rarity can be a disadvantage when it comes to treatment, making PAH difficult to diagnose, and resulting in suboptimal patient care. Furthermore, the global burden of PAH remains poorly understood and largely underestimated, as PAH commonly presents as a comorbidity with such conditions as systemic sclerosis, COPD, idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis and left-heart dysfunction. However, in recent years there has been significant investment in developing new therapies for PAH, and treatment for this previously neglected disease