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The role of inflammatory mediators in the failing heart /

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Mann, Douglas L.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Boston : Kluwer Academic Publishers, [2001]
Series:Developments in cardiovascular medicine ; 236.
Subjects:
Heart Failure > etiology.
Cytokines > physiology.
Inflammation Mediators.
Interleukins > physiology.
Myocardium > metabolism.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction/brief overview
  • Recent insights into the role of tumor necrosis factor in the failing heart
  • The role of interleukin-1 in the failing heart
  • The role of interleukin-6 in the failing heart
  • The role of nitric oxide in the failing heart
  • Interactions between cytokines and neurohormonal systems in the failing heart
  • Experimental heart failures models of cytokine overexpression
  • Immunomodulation of cytokines in experimental models of heart failure
  • The effect of cytokines on cardiac allograft function : tumor necrosis factor-alpha : a mediator of chronic injury
  • The role of anti-cytokine therapy in the failing heart
  • The syndrome of cardiac cachexia