Angiogenesis and Direct Myocardial Revascularization

Despite the rapid progress in surgical and catheter-based revascularization, an alternative treatment strategy is needed for the ever-increasing number of patients who are either not candidates for these therapies or remain symptomatic after revascularization and maximal ongoing medical treatment. I...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Laham, Roger J. (Editor), Baim, Donald S. (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Totowa, NJ : Humana Press, 2005.
Series:Contemporary Cardiology
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Online Access:Full Text via HEAL-Link
Table of Contents:
  • No-Option Patients
  • Transcriptional Regulation of Angiogenesis
  • Preclinical Models and Experience to Date
  • The Coronary Microcirculation and Angiogenesis
  • Local and Regional Vascular Delivery Strategies for Therapeutic Angiogenesis and Myogenesis
  • Imaging Angiogenesis
  • Myocardial Angiogenesis
  • Gene Therapy for Angiogenesis in the Treatment of Cardiovascular and Peripheral Arterial Disease
  • Therapeutic Angiogenesis in Peripheral Arterial Disease
  • Bone Marrow Cell Transplantation for Myocardial Regeneration and Therapeutic Angiogenesis
  • Transplantation of Embryonic Stem Cells for Myocardial Regeneration and Angiogenesis
  • Skeletal Myoblast Transplantation for Cardiac Repair
  • Transmyocardial Laser Revascularization.