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Pulmonary Hypertension
- Publication Year:
- 2011
- Edition:
- 1st
- Author:
- Handler, Clive; Gerry Coghlan, Gerry
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- ISBN:
- 978-0-19-957256-4
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Description
This practical handbook covers both PH and PAH, providing information required by the wide range of clinicians who will encounter these conditions, including cardiologists, respiratory physicians, rheumatologists, specialists in liver and AIDS medicine, and hematologists.
It covers what it is, who it is likely to affect, how it is diagnosed, including the pitfalls of the various diagnostic tests, the different and evolving forms of treatment, long term management of this often devastating chronic disease, and the crucial role of multidisciplinary management in optimizing clinical care of these patients who usually have multi-system diseases. It also covers the up new classification for both PH and PAH, and new drugs that have recently become available.
It covers what it is, who it is likely to affect, how it is diagnosed, including the pitfalls of the various diagnostic tests, the different and evolving forms of treatment, long term management of this often devastating chronic disease, and the crucial role of multidisciplinary management in optimizing clinical care of these patients who usually have multi-system diseases. It also covers the up new classification for both PH and PAH, and new drugs that have recently become available.
Details
- Platform:
- OvidSP
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- Product Type:
- Book
- Author:
- Handler, Clive; Gerry Coghlan, Gerry
- ISBN:
- 978-0-19-957256-4
- Specialty:
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- Cardiology
- Internal Medicine
- Pulmonary Medicine
- Language:
- English
- Edition:
- 1st
- Pages:
- 288
- Publication Year:
- 2011