Immune Dysfunction and Immunotherapy in Heart Disease
Contributors: Ronald Ross Watson (Editor); Douglas Larson (Editor)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell; Blackwell Futura.
Published: September 17, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 328
ISBN-13: 9781405155687
Subjects: Cardiovascular medicine; Cardiovascular Diseases; Mechanisms Of Immune Response; Medical; Medical / Nursing; Cardiology; Immunology; Medical / Cardiology; Complications; Diseases; Heart; Immunologic diseases; Immunological aspects; Immunotherapy
Description: Current heart failure therapeutics affects symptoms without appreciably reducing the mortality rate of 50% in five years--suggesting a failure in treating the underlying mechanism. This book proposes a new mechanism for heart failure; immune mediated cardiac remodelling for cardiac dysfunction.