Endothelium and Cardiovascular Diseases by Protasio L. Da Luz... - 9780443240362

Endothelium and Cardiovascular DiseasesVascular Biology and Clinical Syndromes\nAuthor(s): Protasio L. Da Luz, Peter Libby, Antonio Carlos Palandri Chagas, Francisco Rafael Martins Laurindo\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Elsevier Science Publishing Co Inc, United States\nImprint: Academic Press Inc\nISBN-13: 9780443240362, 978-0443240362\nSynopsis\nEndothelium and Cardiovascular Diseases: Vascular Biology and Clinical Syndromes, Second Edition offers new discoveries in clinical settings, cellular, molecular, genetic, and epigenetic mechanisms which have led to novel understanding of the key role of endothelium in both cardiovascular and non-cardiovascular diseases. The innovations it presents have implications for both pathophysiological concepts and clinical decisions. Among other topics, cardiovascular and pulmonary medicine, immunity and inflammation, genetics and epigenetics, heart failure, renal disease, familial hypercholesterolemia, diabetes, and hypertension are discussed at .