Screen LibraryTextbook of pulmonary vascular disease
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Springer,
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| Publisher Address: | New York |
| Publication Dates: | c2011. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-87429-6 |
| Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (xxxii, 1658 p.): ill. |
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9780387874296 (electronic bk.) 0387874291 (electronic bk.) |
| Index Number: | R563 |
| CLC: | R563 |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. The Human Pulmonary Circulation: Historical Introduction -- Microcirculation of the Lung: Functional and Anatomic Aspects -- Pulmonary Vascular Development -- Pulmonary Vascular Function -- Pulmonary Vascular Mechanics -- Modeling of the Pulmonary Vasculature -- Metabolic and Clearance Function at the Pulmonary Microvascular Endothelial Surface in Pulmonary Hypertension -- The Influence of the Major Vasoactive Mediators Relevant to the Pathogenesis of Pulmonary Hypertension -- The Normal Fetal and Neonatal Pulmonary Circulation -- Excitation-Contraction Coupling and Regulation of Pulmonary Vascular Contractility -- Endothelial Regulation of Pulmonary Vascular Tone -- Acute Lung Injury: The Injured Lung Endothelium, Therapeutic Strategies for Barrier Protection, and Vascular Biomarkers -- Ion Channels and Transporters in the Pulmonary Vasculature: A Focus on Smooth Muscle -- Receptor-Mediated Signal Transduction and Cell Signaling -- Role of Calcium as a Second Messenger in Signaling: A Focus on Endothelium -- Caveolae and Signaling in Pulmonary Vascular Endothelial and Smooth Muscle Cells -- The Chemistry of Biological Gases -- Role of Oxygen-Derived Species in the Regulation of Pulmonary Vascular Tone -- Mitochondrial Reactive Oxygen Species and Redox State in Pulmonary Vascular O² Sensing -- Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms of Pulmonary Vascular Smooth Muscle Cell Proliferation. Role of Ca² in Vascular Smooth Muscle Gene Expression and Proliferation -- Biochemistry and Cellular Mechanisms of Apoptosis in Vascular Smooth Muscle and Endothelial Cells -- The Coagulation Cascade and Its Regulation -- Platelets in Pulmonary Vascular Physiology and Pathology -- Lysis and Organization of Pulmonary Thromboemboli -- Interactions of Leukocytes and Coagulation Factors with the Vessel Wall -- Interaction of the Plasminogen System with the Vessel Wall -- Endothelial Apoptosis and Repair in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension -- Bronchial Arterial Circulation in the Human -- |