Pulmonary Vascular Disease as a Systemic and Multisystem Disease

This article covers the chronic heart failure syndrome, including the systemic consequences of right ventricle-pulmonary artery uncoupling and neurohormonal activation, skeletal and respiratory muscle effects, systemic endothelial dysfunction and coronary artery disease, systemic inflammation and infection, endocrine and metabolic changes, the liver and gut axis, sleep, neurologic complications, and skin and iron metabolic changes.
Source: Clinics in Chest Medicine - Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Source Type: research