Interstitial Fibrosis in Heart Failure

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Villarreal, Francisco J. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2005.
• Σειρά: Developments in Cardiovascular Medicine, 253
• Θέματα: Medicine.; Cardiology.; Cardiac surgery.; Medicine & Public Health.; Cardiac Surgery.

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-inv...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Architecture of the Normal and Remodeled Heart
• The Architecture of the Heart: Myocyte Organization and the Cardiac Extracellular Matrix
• Extracellular Matrix and Cardiac Remodeling
• Pro-Inflammatory Cytokines and Cardiac Extracellular Matrix: Regulation of Fibroblast Phenotype
• Pharmacology of G-Protein-linked Signaling in Cardiac Fibroblasts
• Diagnostic Tools for the Identification of Myocardial Fibrosis and Changes in Ventricular Mechanics
• Serum Markers of Fibrillar Collagen Metabolism in Cardiac Diseases
• Ultrasonic Characterization of the Myocardium
• The Mechanics of the Fibrosed/Remodeled Heart
• Pathophysiology of Cardiac Remodeling and Fibrosis
• Renin Angiotensin Aldosterone System and Cardiac Extracellular Matrix
• Matrix Metalloproteinases and Myocardial Remodeling
• Cardiac Mast Cells as Mediators of Ventricular Remodeling
• Matrix Metalloproteinasses in Cardiac Remodeling
• Turmoil in the Cardiac Myocyte: Acute Intracellular Activation of Matrix Metalloproteinases
• Regulation of Cardiac Extracellular Matrix Remodeling Following Myocardial Infarction.
• Experimental Models of MMP Activation: Ventricular Volume Overload
• Prospect for Therapy of the Fibrosed Heart
• Targets for Pharmacological Modulation of Cardiac Fibrosis
• Biological and Functional Effects of Chronic Mechanical Support Induced by Left Ventricular Assist Devices on Failing Human Myocardium
• Molecular Strategies for the Prevention of Cardiac Fibrosis
• Prospects for Gene Therapy for the Fibrosed Heart: Targeting Regulators of Extracellular Matrix Turnover
• Therapeutic Potential of TIMPs in Heart Failure.