PULMONARY CIRCULATION: FROM BASIC MECHANISMS TO CLINICAL PRACTICE
Author(s): J M B Hughes (Author), Nick W Morrell (Author)
Publisher: Imperial College Press
Publication Date: December 10, 2001
Language: English
Print length: 376 pages
ISBN-10: 1860942962
ISBN-13: 9781860942969
Book Description
This new book with 35 chapters is a comprehensive account of the important features of the pulmonary circulation which will appeal to (1) clinical and non-clinical students who want a broad-based introduction to the subject, (2) postgraduates involved in or contemplating research on the pulmonary circulation, (3) specialists in chest medicine, cardiology and intensive and critical care whose clinical work concerns diseases affecting the pulmonary blood vessels.Pulmonary circulation is well illustrated with 132 figures, 43 tables and learning points highlighted at the end of each chapter. There are two main sections: “Basic Mechanisms” and “Clinical Practice”. All the important features of the pulmonary circulation are reviewed — genetics, cell biology, vascular remodelling, anatomy, physiology, pharmacology, pulmonary hypertension, pulmonary oedema, etc.
PULMONARY CIRCULATION: FROM BASIC MECHANISMS TO CLINICAL PRACTICE
Author(s): J. M. B. Hughes (Author), N. W. Morrell (Author), John B. West (Foreword)
Publisher: Imperial College Pr
Publication Date: December 10, 2001
Edition: 1st
Language: English
Print length: 220 pages
ISBN-10: 1860942652
ISBN-13: 9781860942655
Book Description
This new book with 35 chapters is a comprehensive account of the important features of the pulmonary circulation which will appeal to (1) clinical and non-clinical students who want a broad-based introduction to the subject, (2) postgraduates involved in or contemplating research on the pulmonary circulation, (3) specialists in chest medicine, cardiology and intensive and critical care whose clinical work concerns diseases affecting the pulmonary blood vessels.Pulmonary circulation is well illustrated with 132 figures, 43 tables and learning points highlighted at the end of each chapter. There are two main sections: “Basic Mechanisms” and “Clinical Practice”. All the important features of the pulmonary circulation are reviewed — genetics, cell biology, vascular remodelling, anatomy, physiology, pharmacology, pulmonary hypertension, pulmonary oedema, etc.
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