Scientific American molecular cardiovascular medicine

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Scientific American molecular cardiovascular medicine

edited by Edgar Haber

Scientific American, c1995

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Molecular cardiovascular medicine

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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Description

This study highlights the areas of cardiovascular medicine in which understanding of the molecular and cellular biology of physiologic phenomena is expanding rapidly.

Table of Contents

  • Arteriosclerosis - an overview
  • lipoprotein receptors and atherosclerosis
  • vascular endothelium in health and disease
  • vascular cell growth and the arterial wall
  • gene therapy for cardiovascular disease
  • gene therapy fpr lipid disorder
  • thrombosis
  • thrombolytic agents
  • antibody targeting - a strategy for improving thrombolytic therapy
  • platelets in thrombosis and rethrombosis
  • molecular mechanisms of cardiac hypertrophy
  • gene mutations that cause familial hypertrphic cardiomyopathy
  • ion channels and cardiac function
  • molecular mechanisms in hypertension
  • genetics of hypertension
  • the renin-angiotensin system in human hypertension
  • regulations of vascular tone
  • immunobiology of transplantation
  • the arteriosclerosis of cardiac transplantation.

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