Interstital fibrosis in heart failure /
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Springer,
[2005]
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| Series: | Developments in cardiovascular medicine ;
v. 253. |
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Table of Contents:
- The architecture of the heart : myocyte organization and the cardiac extracellular matrix
- Extracellular matrix and cardiac remodeling
- Pro-inflammatory cytokines and cardiac extracellular matrix : regulation of the fibroblast phenotype
- Pharmacology of G-protein-linked signaling in cardiac fibroblasts
- Serum markers of fibrillar collagen metabolism in cardiac diseases
- Ultrasonic characterization of the myocardium
- The mechanics of the fibrosed/remodeled heart
- Renin angiotensin aldosterone system and cardiac extracellular matrix
- Matrix metalloproteinases and myocardial remodeling
- Cardiac mast cells as mediators of ventricular remodeling
- Turmoil in the cardiac myocyte : acute intracellular activation of matrix metalloproteinases
- Regulation of cardiac extracellular matrix remodeling following myocardial infarction
- Experimental models of MMP activation : ventricular volume overload
- Targets for pharmacological modulation of cardiac fibrosis
- Biological and functional effects of chronic mechanical support induced by left ventricular assist devices on failing human myocardium
- Molecular strategies for the prevention of cardiac fibrosis
- Prospects for gene therapy for the fibrosed heart : targeting regulators of extracellular matrix turnover
- Therapeutic potential of TIMPs in heart failure