J. Hunt / Lucilla Poston / Michael Schachter / W. Halliday (eds.)

An Introduction to Vascular Biology

From Basic Science to Clinical Practice
Herausgeber: Hunt, Beverley J.; Schachter, Michael; Poston, Lucilla

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Vascular biology is at the forefront of much medical research, with links to many diseases.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• 2nd edition
• Seitenzahl: 474
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. August 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 244mm x 170mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 811g
• ISBN-13: 9780521796521
• ISBN-10: 0521796520
• Artikelnr.: 22171038

Inhaltsangabe

Part I. Basic Science: 1. Control of vascular smooth muscle contractility A. Hughes
2. Vascular compliance Phillip Chowienczyk
3. Flow-mediated responses L. Poston
4. Neurohumoral regulation of vascular tone Kirsty M. McCulloch and J. C. McGrath
5. Angiogenesis A. Halliday
6. Apoptosis M. Bennett
7. Wound healing N. L. Occleston and P. T. Khaw
Part II. Pathophysiology: Mechanisms and Imaging: 8. Genetics of cardiovascular disease M. J. Caulfield
9. The endothelium in disease B. J. Hunt and J. M. Jurd
10. Nitric oxide Patrick Vallance
11. Imaging the vasculature Alan Moody
Part III. Clinical Practice: 12. Vascular biology in hypertension M. Schachter
13. Atherosclerosis Peter Weissberg
14. Aneurysms Janet Powell
15. The vasculature in diabetes John Tooke
16. The vasculitides Caroline Savage
17. Pulmonary hypertension T. Higgenbottam
18. The endothelium in transplantation M. Rose
19. The vasculature in pregnancy L. Poston.