Introduction to translational cardiovascular research. ([2014])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Dennis V. Cokkinos, editor.
• Editors: Cokkinos, Dennis V
• Contents: Introduction? What Is Translational Research -- Insights into heart development and regeneration -- Basis Of Cell Excitability And Cardiac Conduction System -- The Renin-Angiotensin-Aldosterone System In Cardiovascular Diseases -- Beta adrenergic receptors -- The hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis in human health and disease -- Genetic Polymorphisms -- Genetic Polymorphisms and the Vascular Endothelium -- The role of microRNAs in Cardiovascular Disease -- Pathways To Myocardial Hypertrophy -- The multiple actions of the insulin-like growth factor-I signaling in the myocardium -- Calcium Cycling Circuits in Cardiac Physiology and Pathophysiology -- Inflammation and atherosclerosis -- Stress proteins and the Adaptive Response of the Heart -- The Mechanisms And Modalities Of Cell Death -- Repair of the infarcted myocardium -- Pathways to cardiac remodeling -- A Translational Approach to Probe the Arrhythmic Potential of the Heart: Therapeutic Considerations -- Animal Models Of Cardiovascular Disease -- Experimental in vitro assessment of cardiac function -- In vivo experimental assessment of cardiac function -- Non invasive imaging modalities for Cardiovascular Translational Research- Technical Considerations -- Cardiovascular Applications of Non-Invasive Imaging in Cardiovascular Diseases: from Bench to Bedside -- Molecular Imaging of Inflammation Using Echoardiography: Advances With the Use of Microbubbles -- Clinical Aspects And Genetics Of Cardiomyopathies -- Cardiorenal Syndrome: What Basic Research Can Contribute -- Clinical aspects of Cardiorenal Syndrome: consequences of therapy with the Renin-Angiotensin System Inhibitors -- Pre-, Peri-, and Post-Conditioning the ischemic myocardium: Challenges, Confounders and Expectations -- Gene Therapy for the Heart -- Cell therapy in cardiac diseases -- Moving Towards a Novel Paradigm in Drug Development for Worsening Heart Failure: The T1 Model (Mechanistic Translational Phase).
• Publisher Details: Cham : Springer
• Publication Date: 2014
• Copyright Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource (xxi, 610 pages), illustrations (some color)
• Subjects: 612.1; Cardiovascular system -- Research; Cardiovascular System; MEDICAL -- Physiology; SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Human Anatomy & Physiology; Cardiovascular system -- Research; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319087986; 3319087983
• Related ISBNs: 9783319087979; 3319087975
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed December 4, 2014).
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