Overview
Comprehensive review of the structure and function of the right heart
Discusses the role of the right heart within heart disease in general and lung disease in particular
Focuses on the clinical aspects of the management of these patients
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Table of contents(19 chapters)
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Physiology, Pathology and Pathobiology
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Imaging the Right Heart
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Causes of Right Heart Dysfunction
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Reviews
From the book reviews:
“This is an introduction to the clinical phenotypes of normal and abnormal right ventricular function. … The audience includes physicians in training, practicing clinicians, and researchers who require a detailed understanding of the right heart. … This is a well-structured, comprehensive, and well-illustrated reference for any clinician or researcher interested in pulmonary hypertension or right heart dysfunction.” (Alban De Schutter, Doody’s Book Reviews, August, 2014)
Editors and Affiliations
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National Pulmonary Hypertension Unit, Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
Sean P. Gaine
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Department of Cardiology, Erasme University Hospital, Brussels, Belgium
Robert Naeije
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Scottish Pulmonary Vascular Unit, Regional Heart and Lung Centre, Glasgow, United Kingdom
Andrew John Peacock
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Right Heart
Editors: Sean P. Gaine, Robert Naeije, Andrew John Peacock
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-2398-9
Publisher: Springer London
eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag London 2014
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4471-6952-9Published: 03 September 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4471-2398-9Published: 12 May 2014
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVI, 323
Number of Illustrations: 36 b/w illustrations, 74 illustrations in colour