Pulmonary Circulation

Research and practices in pulmonary vascular biology and medicine are reviewed here for clinical and non-clinical students who want a broad- based introduction, postgraduates involved in research on pulmonary circulation, and specialists in chest medicine, cardiology, and intensive and critical care whose clinical work concerns diseases affecting the pulmonary blood vessels. Early chapters survey the physiological knowledge and principles gained in the era 1950-1980 and the advances in the basic sciences from 1980 to the present. Later chapters describe the investigation, pathogenesis, and management of pulmonary hypertension, edema, and intrapulmonary shunting, with emphasis on disease mechanisms. Hughes is emeritus professor of thoracic medicine and radiology at Imperial College School of Medicine, UK. Morrell is lecturer in respiratory medicine at the University of Cambridge School of Clinical Medicine, UK. Distributed by World Scientific. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)