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Translational Vascular Medicine Pathogenesis, Diagnosis, and Treatment /

Modern medicine is increasingly focused on integrating the results of basic scientific research and clinical research, "translational medicine" to provide improved patient care. This collaborative approach which is a "two way street" has proven very useful in various fields in ca...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Otros Autores: Abraham, David (Editor ), Handler, Clive (Editor ), Dashwood, Michael (Editor ), Coghlan, Gerry (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : Springer London : Imprint: Springer, 2012.
Edición:1st ed. 2012.
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Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Section 1 - Hot Topics in Vascular Biology
  • 1. Pericytes: Adaptable vascular progenitors
  • 2. Benefits and risks of manipulating the HIF hydroxylase pathway in ischaemic heart disease
  • 3. Cytoprotective mechanisms in the vasculature
  • 4. Notch signalling in vascular development
  • Section 2 - Novel Molecular Mediators Regulating Cardiovascular System
  • 5. The therpeutic potential of dimethylarginine dimethylaminohydrolase mediated regulation of nitric oxide synthesis.
  • 6. Potassium channels regulating the electrical activity of the heart
  • 7. Free radicals oxidant stress and cardiovascular disease
  • Section 3 - Clinical Aspects of Cardiovascular Disease
  • 8. The Broken Heart Syndrome
  • 9. Lymphatic endothelium in health and disease
  • 10. Importance of sub-type selectivity for endothelin receptor antagonists in the human vasculature
  • 11. Non-pharmacological treatment of PAD
  • 12. Surgical Approaches to Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair
  • Section 4 - Clinical and translational Aspects of Pulmonary Vascular Disease
  • 13. Understanding the pathobiology of pulmonary vascular disease
  • 14. Inflammation in pulmonary arterial hypertension.