InhaltsangabeChapter 1. Historical Perspective: A Century of Primary (Idiopathic) Pulmonary Hypertension. Alfred P. Fishman MD Chapter 2: Classification of Pulmonary Hypertension C. William Hargett, MD and Victor F. Tapson, MD (2 Tables) Chapter 3. Diagnostic Approach to Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension (1 figure) Ronald J. Oudiz, MD, FACP, FACC Chapter 4. Pathophysiology of Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Harrison W. Farber, M.D. Chapter 5: Pulmonary Hypertension Genes (Check references) Elisabeth Donlevy Willers, MD and Ivan M. Robbins, MD Chapter 6. The Right Ventricle in Pulmonary Hypertension Andrew C. Stone, MD and James R. Klinger, MD Chapter 7. Congenital Heart Disease Associated Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Michael J. Landzberg, MD Chapter 8. Connective Tissue Disease Associated Pulmonary Hypertension Kimberly Fisher, MD, Nicholas S. Hill, MD and Harrison Farber, MD Chapter 9. Pulmonary Hypertension associated with HIV, Liver Disease, Sarcoidosis and Sickle Cell Disease. Kimberly A. Fisher, MD and Elizabeth S. Klings, MD Chapter 10. Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension Victor J. Test, MD, William R. Auger, MD and Peter F. Fedullo, MD. Chapter 11. General Therapeutic Approach and Traditional Therapies Nicholas S. Hill, MD and Elizabeth Klings, MD Chapter 12. Prostacyclin Therapy for Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Nicholas S. Hill MD, Todd F. Vardas, MD and Vallerie McLaughlin MD Chapter 13. Endothelin and its blockade in pulmonary arterial hypertension David Langleben, MD, FRCPC Chapter 14. PDE 5 Inhibitors and the cGMP Pathway in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Ioana R. Preston MD Chapter 15. Statins for treatment of pulmonary hypertension John L. Faul MD, Peter N. Kao MD, Toshihiko Nishimura MD, Arthur Sung MD, Hong Hu MD and Ronald G. Pearl MD, PhD Chapter 16. Transitions and Combination Therapy for Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Todd Hirschtritt MD, M. Kathryn Steiner MD and Nicholas S. Hill MD Chapter 17. Acute right ventricular dysfunction: focus on acute cor pulmonale Antoine Vieillard-Baron MD, François Jardin MD Chapter 18. Lung transplantion and atrial septostomy for pulmonary arterial hypertension E.P. Trulock MD Chapter 19: New Directions in Pulmonary Hypertension Therapy Christopher M Carlin BSc (Hons) MB ChB (Hons) MRCP Andrew J Peacock MD FRCP