Heart Rate and Rhythm Molecular Basis, Pharmacological Modulation and Clinical Implications /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Tripathi, Onkar N. (Editor), Ravens, Ursula (Editor), Sanguinetti, Michael C. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2011.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Human physiology.; Molecular biology.; Pharmacology.; Cardiology.; Biomedicine.; Molecular Medicine.; Human Physiology.; Pharmacology/Toxicology.

Pathological heart rhythms are a major health issue. In this book experts from various fields provide an important context for understanding the complicated molecular and cellular mechanisms that underlie normal and pathophysiological cardiac rhythms. Individual chapters cover a full range of topics...

Table of Contents:

• Normal Cardiac Rhythm and Pacemaker Activity
• Modeling of Rhythm in the Heart
• Cardiac Development and Anatomy
• Mechanisms of Acquired Arrhythmia
• Mechanisms of Inherited Arrhythmia
• Role of Specific Channels and Transporters in Arrhythmia
• Drugs and Cardiac Arrhythmia.