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An introduction to vascular biology : from basic science to clinical practice /

Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:An introduction to vascular biology (Print)
Other Authors: Hunt, Beverley J.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Cambridge University Press, 2002.
Edition:Second edition.
Subjects:
Blood Vessels > physiology.
Vascular Diseases > physiopathology.
Table of Contents:
  • Pt. I. Basic science
  • Vascular tone
  • Vascular compliance
  • Flow-mediated responses in the circulation
  • Neurohumoral regulation of vascular tone
  • Angiogenesis: basic concepts and the application of gene therapy
  • The regulation of vascular smooth muscle cell apoptosis
  • Wound healing: laboratory investigation and modulating agents
  • Pt. II. Pathophysiology: mechanisms and imaging
  • Genes for hypertension
  • The endothelium in health and disease
  • Nitric oxide
  • Magnetic resonance imaging in vascular biology
  • Pt. III. Vascular biology of hypertension
  • Atherosclerosis
  • Abdominal aortic aneurysm
  • The vasculature in diabetes
  • The vasculitides
  • Pulmonary hypertension
  • Role of endothelial cells in transplant rejection
  • Vascular function in normal pregnancy and preeclampsia