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1 online resource : 217 illustrations |
| Contents |
Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part One. The Normal Pulmonary and Bronchial Circulations -- 1. The Normal Pulmonary Microcirculation -- 2. Comparative Biology of the Pulmonary Circulation -- 3. Excitation and Contraction in Smooth Muscle -- 4. Pulmonary Vascular Resistance (P:Q Relations) -- 5. Endothelial and Smooth Muscle Cell Interaction -- 6. Endothelial Processing of Biologically Active Materials -- 7. Endothelin: Mediator of Hypoxic Vasoconstriction? -- 8. Mediators in the Pulmonary Circulation -- 9. The Enigma of Hypoxic Pulmonary Vasoconstriction -- 10. Central Neural Regulation of the Pulmonary Circulation -- 11. Bronchial Circulation -- 12. Tone and Responsiveness in the Fetal and Neonatal Pulmonary Circulation -- Part Two. Vascular Injury -- 13. Endothelial Injury Studied in Cell Culture -- 14. Inhibition of Proliferation of Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells by Heparin -- 15. Role of Growth Factors in Pulmonary Hypertension -- 16. Oxygen Radicals and Vascular Injury -- 17. Endothelial Cell Modulation of Coagulation and Fibrinolysis -- 18. Atherogenesis in the Pulmonary Artery -- Part Three. Pulmonary Hypertension -- 19. Vascular Remodeling -- 20. Chronic Hypoxic Pulmonary Hypertension -- 21. Familial Pulmonary Hypertension -- 22. Animal Models of Chronic Pulmonary Hypertension -- 23. The Pathology of Secondary Pulmonary Hypertension -- 24. Pulmonary Veno-Occlusive Disease -- 25. Pulmonary Hypertension in Collagen Vascular Disease -- 26. Pulmonary Hypertension Associated with Hepatic Cirrhosis -- 27. Persistent Pulmonary Hypertension of the Newborn -- 28. Pulmonary Hypertension in the Toxic Oil Syndrome -- 29. Amiriorex Pulmonary Hypertension -- 30. Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension -- Part Four. The Primary Pulmonary Hypertension Registry -- 31. Introduction to the National Registry on Primary Pulmonary Hypertension -- 32. The Research and Clinical Dilemmas Encountered by the Primary Pulmonary Hypertension Registry -- 33. NIH Registry on Primary Pulmonary Hypertension: Baseline Characteristics of the Patients Enrolled -- 34. The Histopathology of Primary Pulmonary Hypertension -- 35. Mortality Follow-Up of Primary Pulmonary Hypertension -- Part Five. Treatment of Pulmonary Hypertension -- 36. Vasodilator Therapy (General Aspects) -- 37. Acute Vasodilator Testing and Pharmacological Treatment of Primary Pulmonary Hypertension -- 38. Anticoagulation in the Treatment of Pulmonary Hypertension -- 39. The Criteria and Preparation for Heart-Lung Transplantation -- Contributors -- Index |
| Summary |
This book is a volume in the Penn Press Anniversary Collection. To mark its 125th anniversary in 2015, the University of Pennsylvania Press rereleased more than 1,100 titles from Penn Press's distinguished backlist from 1899-1999 that had fallen out of print. Spanning an entire century, the Anniversary Collection offers peer-reviewed scholarship in a wide range of subject areas |
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In English |
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Online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed Dec. 09, 2016) |
| Subject |
Pulmonary circulation.
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Pulmonary hypertension -- United States
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Pulmonary Circulation
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MEDICAL -- Cardiology.
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Pulmonary circulation
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Pulmonary hypertension
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United States
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Fishman, M. D., Alfred P
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| ISBN |
9781512801736 |
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1512801739 |
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