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

• Autore: Peacock A
• Pubblicazione: Oxford, : Atlas Medical Publishing Ltd, 2009
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (101 p.)
• Disciplina: 616.24
• Soggetto topico: Hypertension, Pulmonary; Pulmonary artery; Pulmonary hypertension
• Altri autori: BarberàJ
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Therapeutic Strategies in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
• ISBN: 1-282-09392-4; 9786612093920; 1-84692-610-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 996339089303316
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno
• Serie: Therapeutic Strategies