Myocardial Ischemia From mechanisms to therapeutic potentials /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Cokkinos, Dennis V. (Editor), Pantos, Constantinos (Editor), Heusch, Gerd (Editor), Taegtmeyer, Heinrich (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2006.
• Series: Basic Science for the Cardiologist, 21
• Subjects: Medicine.; Cardiology.; Medicine & Public Health.

Effective new treatments of heart disease are based on a refined understanding of cellular function and the heart's response to environmental stresses. Not surprisingly, therefore, the field of experimental cardiology has experienced a phase of rapid exponential growth during the last decade. T...

Table of Contents:

• From Fetal to Fatal
• Myocardial Ischemia
• Hormones Signaling and Myocardial Ischemia
• Ischemic Preconditioning
• Connexin 43 and Ischemic Preconditioning
• Coronary Microembolization
• Fibroblast Growth Factor-2
• Myocardial Protection — From Concepts to Clinical Practice
• A Synopsis.