Osteocardiology Cardiac Bone Formation /

• Main Author: Rajamannan, Nalini M. (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Subjects: Cardiology.; Human physiology.; Human Physiology.

This book describes the field of osteocardiology, an exciting and new sub-discipline within cardiovascular science, which will become the cornerstone for defining the timing and treatment of cardiovascular calcification in the future. With the advent of large cohort databases and experimental mechan...

Table of Contents:

• Osteocardiology: Risk Factors
• Osteocardiology: Coronary Artery Calcification
• Osteocardiology: Calcific Aortic Valve Disease
• Osteocardiology: Calcific Aortic Disease
• Osteocardiology: Endochondral Bone Formation
• Osteocardiology: The Atherosclerotic Bone Paradox
• Osteocardiology: Cellular Origins of Cardiac Calcification
• Osteocardiology: LDL-Density-Gene Theory
• Osteocardiology: The LDL-Density-Mechanostat Theory
• Osteocardiology: The Go/No Go Theory For Clinical Trials.