the human pulmonary circulation: its form and function: its form and function in health and diseases / Peter Harris

The anatomy of the large pulmonary blood vessels.-Developmental anomalies of the large pulmonary blood vessels.-The structure of the normal pulmonary blood vessels after infancy.-The relation between structure and function in normal pulmonary blood vessels.-The measurement of pressure.-The measurement of flow.-The regional distribution of pulmonary blood flow.-The measuremt of blood volume in the lungs.-Resistance.-Distensibility, inertia and impedance.-Normal variations in preasure and flow.-Structure and function of vascular smooth muscle.-Pharmacology of the pulmonary circulation.-Form and function in the foetal pulmonary circulation.-Causes of pulmonary arterial hypertension.-The pathology and electron microscopy of hypertensive pulmonary arteries