Heart failure:bench to bedside

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: SpringerLink (Online service)
Group Author: Marín-García José, 1936-
Published: Humana Springer [distributor],
Publisher Address: Totowa, N.J. London
Publication Dates: 2010.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
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Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-60761-147-9
Carrier Form: 1 online resource (xi, 470 p.):
ISBN: 9781607611479 (electronic bk.)
1607611473 (electronic bk.)
Index Number: R541
CLC: R541.6
Contents: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction to heart failure -- Cardiac function in heart failure: the role of calcium cycling -- Gene profiling of the failing heart: epigenetics -- Bioenergetics and metabolic changes in the failing heart -- The multidimensional role of mitochondria in heart failure -- Animal models of heart failure -- Signaling cascades in heart failure: from cardiomyocytes growth and survival to mitochondrial signaling pathways -- Cyclic nucleotides signaling (second messengers) and control of myocardial function: effects of heart failure -- Calcium signaling: receptors, effectors, and other singaling pathways -- Oxidative stress and heart failure -- Cardiac remodeling and cell death in heart failure -- Heart failure and changes at the periphery: vascular, inflammation, neurohormonal, and renal systems -- Comorbidities in heart failure -- Mechanisms and clinical recognition and management of heart failure in infants and children -- Mechanical circulatory support and heart transplantation in children with severe refractory heart failure -- Basic mechanisms mediating cardiomyopathy and heart failure in aging -- Heart failure of aging: clinical considerations -- Diagnosis of heart failure: evidence-based perspective -- "Omics" application in heart failure: novel diagnostic and prognostic markers to understand pathophysiology and find new therapies -- Treatment of chronic heart failure -- Gene therapy in heart failure: forthcoming therapies -- Myocardial cell-based regeneration in heart failure -- Future frontiers in heart failure.