PATHOLOGY OF THE VESSELS OF THE PULMONARY CIRCULATION: PART I

CONTENTS 

• Anatomic considerations

• Normal histology of the pulmonary vessels

  • Stem of the pulmonary artery

  • Large branches

  • Small muscular branches

  • Arterioles and venules

  • Capillaries

  • Veins

• Pathologic physiology

  • Action of drugs: epinephrine, acetylcholine, histamine, pituitary extract and digitalis

  • Emphysema

  • Fibrosis of the lungs

  • Pleural adhesions

  • Heart failure

  • Other functions of the lungs

• Diseases of the pulmonary vessels

  • Historical introduction

• Scheme of present investigation

  • Classification of diseases of the pulmonary vessels

• Secondary pulmonary vascular sclerosis

  • Classification of the conditions

  • Incidence

  • Gross appearances

    • Dilatation

    • Atherosclerosis

    • Distribution of sclerosis

• Microscopic changes

  • Grading of lesions

  • Stem of the pulmonary artery

  • Large elastic arteries

  • Small muscular arteries

  • Arterioles and venules

  • Capillaries

  • Small veins

  • Large intrapulmonary veins

  • Main extrapulmonary pulmonary veins

  • Muscularity of veins

  • Systemic vessels

• Distribution of sclerosis

• Changes in the heart

• Etiology of secondary sclerosis

• Symptoms

• Primary pulmonary vascular sclerosis

  • Incidence

    • Gross appearances

    • Microscopic changes

    • Symptoms

    • Diagnosis

    • Pathogenesis

      • Nature of vascular changes

      • Relationship to right