Author : Yoshihiro Fukumoto
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 9812878408
Total Pages : 236 pages
Book Rating : 4.03/5 ( download)
Book Synopsis Diagnosis and Treatment of Pulmonary Hypertension by : Yoshihiro Fukumoto
Download or read book Diagnosis and Treatment of Pulmonary Hypertension written by Yoshihiro Fukumoto and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-01-05 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.