eBook, PDF

Cardiac Considerations in Chronic Lung Disease (eBook, PDF)

Beschreibung

This book comprehensively covers chronic lung disease and cardiovascular disease and their influence on one another including the epidemiology, physiology, risk factors, pathophysiology, clinical features, diagnostic issues including laboratory and imaging tests, and therapeutic considerations. How the diseases specifically overlap is explored in detail, covering presentation, symptoms, clinical examination findings, diagnostic test results, as well as a number of important medication interactions. The cardiovascular considerations in this book will include left ventricular systolic and diastolic dysfunction, pulmonary hypertension and right ventricular disease, as well as cardiac arrhythmias. The book also addresses extra-cardiac cardiovascular comorbidities such as cerebrovascular disease and peripheral arterial disease. Each chapter includes detailed illustrations as well as useful pearls and best practices, making this an ideal reference for pulmonologists, cardiologists,and residents caring for patients with increased risk for these comorbidities.

Technische Details

• Geräte: PC
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• Größe: 6.44MB

Barrierefreiheit

• Text-to-Speech

Autor

Surya P. Bhatt, MD, MSPH is Associate  Professor of Medicine in the Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. He is the Medical Director of the UAB Pulmonary Function and Exercise Physiology Lab, and is the Director of UAB Lung Imaging Core.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer International Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. Juni 2020
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9783030434359
• Artikelnr.: 59597512