Molecular basis of cardiovascular disease : a companion to Braunwald's Heart disease /

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Edition:2nd ed.
Imprint:Philadelphia : Saunders, c2004.
Description:xvi, 713 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 28 cm.
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5602292
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Other uniform titles:Heart disease.
Other authors / contributors:Chien, Kenneth R.
ISBN:0721694284
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of Contents:
  • Section 1. General Principles of Molecular Cardiology
  • 1. Biotechnology and Cardiovascular Medicine: Recombinant Protein Therapy
  • 2. Human Genome Project and Cardiovascular Disease Genes
  • 3. Model Organisms for Cardiac Disease Gene Discovery
  • 4. Generation and Cloning of Genetically Modified Animals
  • 5. Mouse Models of Human Cardiovascular Disease
  • 6. Toward Stem Cell Therapy
  • 7. Cardiovascular Signaling Pathways
  • 8. Genetic Approaches to Cardiovascular Disease
  • 9. Gene Transfer Approaches for Cardiovascular Disease
  • Section 2. Cardiac Development and Congenital Heart Disease
  • 10. Cardiac Development and Congenital Heart Disease
  • 11. Development of Cardiac Pacemaking and Conduction System Lineages
  • 12. Cardiac Laterality and Congenital Heart Disease
  • 13. Pharyngeal Apparatus and Cardiac Neural Crest Defects
  • 14. Monogenic Causes of Congenital Heart Disease
  • Section 3. Cardiac Muscle Diseases
  • 15. Molecular Pathways for Cardiac Hypertrophy and Heart Failure Progression
  • 16. Molecular Genetics of Inherited Cardiomyopathies
  • 17. Molecular Pathways for Dilated Cardiomyopathy
  • 18. Excitability and Conduction
  • 19. Cardiac Arrhythmias: Inherited Molecular Mechanisms
  • Section 4. Atherogenesis
  • 20. Inflammation and Immunity in Atherogenesis
  • 21. Molecular Biology of Lipoproteins and Dyslipidemias
  • 22. Lipoprotein Oxidation, Macrophages, Immunity, and Atherogenesis
  • 23. Cellular Cholesterol Metabolism in Health and Disease
  • Section 5. Ischemic Diseases and Angiogenesis
  • 24. Angiogenesis in Cardiovascular Disease
  • 25. Coronary Restenosis
  • 26. Molecular Basis for the Potential Use of NMDA Receptor Open-Channel Blockers in the Treatment of Cerebral Ischemia and Other Brain Insults
  • Section 6. Thrombosis
  • 27. Platelets and Antiplatelet Therapy in Cardiovascular Disease: Molecular Mechanisms
  • 28. Blood Coagulation and Atherothrombosis
  • 29. Thrombosis and Thrombolytic Therapy
  • Section 7. Hypertension
  • 30. Molecular Targets of Antihypertensive Drug Therapy
  • 31. Mechanisms and Molecular Pathways in Hypertension
  • Section 8. Environmental and Genetic Modifications of Cardiovascular Disease
  • 32. Molecular Biology of Transplantation and Xenotransplantation
  • 33. Viral Infections of the Heart
  • Index