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Inflammation and Cardiac Diseases

Birkhäuser
  • Provides a new perspective on the etiology of cardiac failure
  • Presents latest developments
  • Discusses future treatments for heart failure
  • Of great value to researchers as well as clinicians

Part of the book series: Progress in Inflammation Research (PIR)

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Table of contents (25 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
  2. Introduction

    1. Front Matter

      Pages N1-N1
    2. Inflammation — A new frontier in cardiac disease and therapeutics

      • Giora Z. Feuerstein, Peter Libby, Douglas L. Mann
      Pages 1-5
  3. Pathological Aspects and Inflammation Biomarkers in Cardiac Disease

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 20-20
    2. A biomarker of inflammation in cardiovascular disease

      • Giora Z. Feuerstein, Ron Firestein, Peter Libby, Douglas L. Mann
      Pages 9-20
    3. Inflammation and coronary artery disease

      • Renu Virmani, Frank D. Kolodgie, Allen P. Burke, Andrew Farb, Herman K. Gold, Aloke V. Finn
      Pages 21-53
  4. Inflammatory Cells and Their Metalloproteinases in Cardiac Disease

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 55-55
    2. The role of matrix metalloproteinases in LV remodeling following myocardial infarction

      • Esther E J M Creemers, Jack P M Cleutjens, Mat J A P Daemen, Jos F M Smits
      Pages 57-75
  5. Inflammatory Cytokines in Cardiac Diseases

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 93-93
    2. The clinical experience with anti-cytokine therapy in heart failure

      • Anita Deswal, Biykem Bozkurt, Douglas L. Mann
      Pages 95-110
    3. Toll-like receptors and the cardiovascular system

      • Stefan Frantz, Ralph A. Kelly, Todd Bourcier
      Pages 129-141
    4. The role of IL-6 in experimental and clinical heart failure

      • Elaine J. Tanhehco, Hani N. Sabbah
      Pages 143-151
  6. Oxygen and Nitrogen Reactive Radicals in Cardiac Inflammation and Disease

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 153-153
    2. Myocardial nitric oxide in cardiac remodeling

      • Flora Sam, Douglas B. Sawyer, Wilson S. Colucci
      Pages 155-170
    3. Identification and role of inflammatory oxygen free radicals in cardiac ischemia and reperfusion injury

      • Catherine Vergely, Gaëlle Clermont, Sandrine Lecour, Antoine Bri, Luc Rochette
      Pages 171-185
  7. The Immune and Complement System and Cardiac Diseases

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 187-187
    2. Immune-mediated myocarditis and interleukin-10

      • Kenichi Watanabe, Makoto Kodama, Yoshifusa Aizawa
      Pages 189-202

About this book

Heart failure research is a most active area of research in academic, industrial and government-sponsored research and receives intense clinical attention. The recent recognition that inflammation is a risk factor and prognostic factor for heart disease has laid ground for preventive medicine and even anti-infective strategies in prevention and treatment of heart failure.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Pharmacology Department WP42-209, Merck Research Laboratories, West Point, USA

    Giora Z. Feuerstein

  • Cardiovascular Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, USA

    Peter Libby

  • Winters Center for Heart Failure Research, Houston, USA

    Douglas L. Mann

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Inflammation and Cardiac Diseases

  • Editors: Giora Z. Feuerstein, Peter Libby, Douglas L. Mann

  • Series Title: Progress in Inflammation Research

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-0348-8047-3

  • Publisher: Birkhäuser Basel

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Basel AG 2003

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-7643-6725-1Published: 25 August 2003

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-0348-9419-7Published: 23 October 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-0348-8047-3Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 1422-7746

  • Series E-ISSN: 2296-4525

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XV, 419

  • Topics: Cardiology

Buy it now

Buying options

eBook USD 129.00
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as EPUB and PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
Softcover Book USD 179.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info
Hardcover Book USD 169.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Durable hardcover edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

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