Cardiac Adaptations Molecular Mechanisms [Paperback]

This book summarizes present knowledge of different mechanisms involved in the development of positive and negative consequences of cardiac adaptation. Particular attention is paid to the still underestimated adaptive cardiac responses during development, to adaptation to the frequently occurring pressure and volume overload as well as to cardiac changes, induced by enduring exercise and chronic hypoxia.? Cardiac Adaptations will be of great value to cardiovascular investigators, who will find this book highly useful in their cardiovascular studies for finding solutions in diverse pathological conditions; it will also appeal to students, fellows, scientists, and clinicians interested in cardiovascular abnormalities.

Synthesizing our expanding knowledge of the positive and negative consequences of cardiac adaptation, this analysis of developmental mechanisms, hypertrophy, and the role of the sympathetic nervous system will boost research into a range of cardiac conditions.

Part A??? DEVELOPMENTAL ASPECTS OF CARDIAC ADAPTATION

1. ?Comparative Aspects of Cardiac Adaptation
?Bohuslav Ostadal

2.?Molecular Mechanisms in Cardiac Development
?Patricia Roche, Michael P. Czubryt, Jeffrey T. Wigle

3. ?Prenatal Adaptation to Overload
?Zivorad Pesevski, David Sedmera

4.?Hypoxia and Mechanical Factors Drive Coronary Vascular Development
?Robert J. Tomanek

5. ?Cardiac Metabolic Adaptation During Postnatal Development
?J?r?me Piquereau, Marta Novotna, Anne Garnier, Fr?d?ric. Joubert, Vladimir Veksler, Ren?e Ventura-Clapier

6. ?Ontogenetic Adaptation to Chronic Hypoxia
?Bohuslav Ostadal, Ivana Ostadalova, Zuzana Charvatova, Frantisek Kolar

7.?Heart and Arterial Aging
?Paul D. Chantler, Edward G. Lakatta

Part B??? Cl£_