Heart Cell Communication in Health and Disease /

In Heart Cell Communication in Health and Disease an extensive review of different aspects of heart cell communication is presented. The book starts with the fundamental concept that cardiac cells are communicated, and then proceeds to the role of gap junctions in heart development, the molecular bi...

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Main Author: Mello, Walmor C.
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Janse, Michiel J.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Boston, MA : Springer US, 1998.
Series:Developments in cardiovascular medicine ; 200.
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Summary:In Heart Cell Communication in Health and Disease an extensive review of different aspects of heart cell communication is presented. The book starts with the fundamental concept that cardiac cells are communicated, and then proceeds to the role of gap junctions in heart development, the molecular biology of gap junctions, the biophysics of the intercellular channels, the control of junctional conductance and the influence of gap junctions on impulse propagation. This is the first time that a single volume has described cell communication in the normal heart and under different pathological conditions such as heart failure, coronary disease, myocardial ischemia and cardiac arrhythmias. In this way the process of cell communication is analyzed at different levels of complexity, providing the reader with a wide view of this field and its relevance to cardiology.
Item Description:Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xiii, 295 pages)
ISBN:9781461555254 (electronic bk.)
1461555256 (electronic bk.)
ISSN:0166-9842 ;