Interstitial Fibrosis in Heart Failure

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Villarreal, Francisco J. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2005.
• Series: Developments in Cardiovascular Medicine, 253
• Subjects: Medicine.; Cardiology.; Cardiac surgery.; Medicine & Public Health.; Cardiac Surgery.
• Physical Description: XIV, 373 p. 93 illus. online resource.
• ISBN: 9780387228259
• ISSN: 0166-9842 ;

Interstitial Fibrosis in Heart Failure, edited by Francisco J. Villarreal, M.D., Ph.D., provides a timely and integrative review of the basics of cardiac extracellular matrix structure. Topics covered include how cardiac remodeling influences its disposition, abundance and function; possible non-invasive techniques for diagnosis; and potential drug-based or molecular therapeutic strategies that may interrupt or even reverse the course of the development of cardiac fibrosis. This resource for both clinicians and scientists aims to cover state-of-the-art findings relevant to cellular and molecular processes underlying cardiac fibrosis including basic elements of structure, function, diagnosis and treatment.