Cardiomyopathies and heart failure : biomolecular, infectious, and immune mechanisms /

This volume comprises the most up-to-date account of existing knowledge on the subject of cardiomyopathy and heart failure. Its multidisciplinary approach covers cardiovascular medicine; biochemistry; immunology; molecular biology; virology; epidemiology; and clinical medicine. Cardiomyopathies and...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author:	SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors:	Matsumori, Akira, 1946-
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Boston : Kluwer Academic Publishers, [2003]
Series:	Developments in cardiovascular medicine ; v. 248.
Subjects:	Myocardium > Pathophysiology. Myocardium > Diseases > Molecular aspects. Myocardium > Diseases > Immunological aspects. Heart failure > Pathophysiology. Heart failure > Molecular aspects. Heart failure > Immunological aspects. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

Contributors
Preface
I: Introductory Chapter
II: Cytokines in Cardiomyopathies and Heart Failure
III: Autoimmunity in Cardiomyopathies and Heart Failure
IV: Mast Cell Mediators and Human Diseases: Basic Aspects
V: Mast Cell Mediators and Human Diseases Clinical Aspects
VI: Viral Etiology of Cardiomyopathies and Heart Failure
VII: Diagnosis and Treatment of Myocarditis
VIII: Molecular and Genetic Analyses in Heart Disease
IX: The Future in the Management of Cardiomyopathies and Heart Failure
Index.