Advances in Arterial Stiffness Research
In: New Developments in Medical Research
Contents -- Preface -- Chapter 1 -- Pulmonary Arterial Stiffness: Toward a Predictor of PAH and a Key Parameter to Make PH Reversible -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Components of the Right Ventricular Load -- Pulmonary Vascular Resistance -- Compliance -- PVR-Cp Relationship in Pulmonary Circulation -- Pulmonary Vascular Distensibility (α) -- Upper Limits of Normal Resting and Exercise Pulmonary Hemodynamics -- Pulmonary Arterial Stiffness and Pulmonary Hypertension -- Mechanobiology of the Increased Arterial Stiffness in PAH -- Assessment of Pulmonary Arterial Stiffness