Endothelium in Clinical Practice
Subtitle: Source & Target of Novel Therapies (Fundamental and Clinical Cardiology Series , No 29)
Edition: 1st edition
Publisher: Informa Healthcare
Published: January 15, 1997
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 551
ISBN-13: 9780824798093
Subjects: Cardiovascular medicine; Specific disorders & therapies; Vascular endothelium; Medical / Nursing; Coronary Heart Disease; Physiological Pathology; Physiology; Medical; Pathophysiology; Cardiology; Internal Medicine; Pharmacy; Medical / Internal Medicine; Endothelins; Endothelium
First sentence: Shortly after the detection of prostacyclin (prostaglandin I2 [PGI2]), a lipid mediator of the eicosanoid superfamily (1), it became evident that the compound was not only a vasodilator and the most potent endogenous inhibitor of platelet aggregation but also exerted a number of other remarkable effects on vascular cells, circulating blood elements, and soluble macromolecules.