Apoptosis in Cardiac Biology

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Schunkert, Heribert (Editor), Riegger, G. A. J. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2000.
• Series: Basic Science for the Cardiologist, 5
• Subjects: Medicine.; Cardiology.; Oncology.; Medicine & Public Health.

Apoptosis or programmed cell death is increasingly considered to be a major factor in the development and progression of cardiovascular disease. In patients with heart failure the activation of apoptosis may result in the loss of irreplaceable cardiac myocytes promoting the clinical course of the sy...