Inflammation and Cardiac Diseases (Progress in Inflammation Research)
Contributors: Giora Z. Feuerstein (Editor); Peter Libby (Editor); Douglas L. Mann (Editor)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Birkhäuser Basel
Published: October 10, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 416
ISBN-13: 9783764367251
Subjects: Cardiovascular medicine; Mediators; Heart; Medical / Nursing; Rheumatology; Medical; Pathophysiology; Cardiology; Internal Medicine; Medical / Cardiology; Inflammation
Description: This book focuses on immune and inflammatory processes that are more specifically and and directly associated with cardiac pathological conditions such as: Ischemia; reperfusion injury; heart failure; and cardiac remodeling. These elements have been presented in various perspectives that address the continuum of the inflammatory reaction to all stages of cardiac pathology.