Diagnosis and Management of Pulmonary Hypertension

James R. Klinger, MD is a graduate of the Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI. He performed his residency at the Medical College of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA and fellowship at Rhode Island Hospital and Brown University School of Medicine in pulmonary and critical care medicine. He is licensed and certified in internal medicine and critical care medicine. His teaching role includes being a lecturer in pulmonary pathophysiology as well as extensive hospital teaching roles at Rhode Island Hospital for house staff and pulmonary fellows. Klinger’s numerous publications can be viewed in Chest, the Journal of Applied Physiology, American Journal of Respiratory Critical Care Medicine, American Journal of Medicine, and many more. His research concerns development of therapies to treat pulmonary hypertension as well as research in the field of blood clotting, which can be one cause of pulmonary hypertension. Klinger is an active speaker and expert in the field of pulmonary hypertension and has many speaking engagements across the country.

The Pulmonary Circulation.- Epidemiology and Disease Classification of Pulmonary Hypertension.- Pathogenesis of Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension.- Hypoxic Pulmonary Hypertension.- Pulmonary Hypertension In Chronic Heart And Lung Disease.- Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension.- Schistosomiasis- Associated Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension.- Approach to the Patient with Elevated Pulmonary Arterial Pressure.- Echocardiography.- Pulmonary Hemodynamics and Right Heart Catheterization.- Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing in Pulmonary Hypertension.- Adjunct Therapy and Calcium Channel Blockers.- Prostacyclin Therapy for Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension.- Endothelin Receptor Antagonists.-Modulation Of cGMP Synthesis And Metabolism.- Combination Therapy for the Treatment of Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension.- Investigative Therapies in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension.- Pulmonary Hypertension In Critically Ill Patients.- Perioperative Management of Pulmonary Hypertension.