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Table of contents (17 chapters)
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Sex Hormone And Vasculature
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Natriuretic Peptides
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Endothelin
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Growth Factors and Vascular Disease
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About this book
Shlomo Melmed, M.D. Series Editor, Endocrine Update
Growth factors such as IGF-1 play important roles in cardiovascular cell hypertrophy and the response to acute vascular injury. From another perspective, traditional endocrine hormones, such as estrogen, have been found to participate in preventing the development of atherosclerosis in women, acting through novel mechanisms on target vascular cells. Other `endocrine' hormones, such as PTHRP and adrenomedullin, also modulate cardiovascular and renovascular dynamic states, suggesting new roles for these peptides as vasodilators. This multi-authored text is dedicated to highlighting emerging and important new information regarding the endocrinology of the cardiovascular system.
Ellis R. Levin, M.D.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Endocrinology of Cardiovascular Function
Editors: Ellis R. Levin, Jerry L. Nadler
Series Title: Endocrine Updates
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-5569-8
Publisher: Springer New York, NY
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eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 1998
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-7923-8217-1Published: 31 October 1998
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4613-7547-0Published: 05 November 2012
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4615-5569-8Published: 06 December 2012
Series ISSN: 1566-0729
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VIII, 347
Topics: Endocrinology, Diabetes, Cardiology