Genetic Causes of Cardiac Disease

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Erdmann, Jeanette (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Moretti, Alessandra (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Series: Cardiac and Vascular Biology, 7
• Subjects: Human physiology.; Human genetics.; Cardiology.; Animal models in research.; Human Physiology.; Human Genetics.; Animal Models.

This book provides a comprehensive summary of the latest developments in the field of the genomics of cardiac disease. Written and edited by leading clinicians and scientists involved in the analysis and therapy of genetic cardiac disorders, it discusses the genetic causes of a variety of cardiac di...

Table of Contents:

• Genetics of adult and fetal forms of Long QT Syndrome
• The genetic landscape of cardiomyopathies. Genetic basis of mitochondrial cardiomyopathy
• The Genetics of Coronary Heart Disease
• Complex genetics and the etiology of human congenital heart disease-Familial Hypercholesterolemia
• Long non-codingRNAs in cardiovascular disease
• Mouse models to study inherited cardiomyopathy
• Interrogating cardiovascular genetics in zebrafish
• Human induced pluripotent stem cells as a platform for functional examination of cardiovascular genetics in a dish
• Systems medicine as a transforming tool for cardiovascular genetics
• Sex differences in prevalent cardiovascular disease in the general population.