Cardiovascular genetics and genomics for the cardiologist / edited by Victor J. Dzau, Choong-Chin Liew.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Dzau, Victor J.

Liew, Choong-Chin.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cardiovascular system--Diseases--Genetic aspects.

Cardiovascular system.

Cardiovascular system--Molecular aspects.

Genomics.

Cardiovascular Diseases--genetics.

Cardiovascular Diseases--therapy.

Cardiovascular system--Diseases.

Medical Subjects:

Cardiovascular Diseases--genetics.

Cardiovascular Diseases--therapy.

Genomics.

Physical Description:

xi, 308 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (partly color) ; 27 cm

Place of Publication:

Malden, Mass. : Blackwell Futura, 2007.

Summary:

Genes and genomes will become very important to the cardiologist in the very near future. This textbook will introduce the cardiologist and cardiovascular investigator to the concepts of cardiovascular genetics and genomics - a field that did not exist twenty years ago and that now promises to remodel the way that cardiovascular medicine is practiced. Written and edited by two of the pioneers in this area, this text will provide a clinically-integrated presentation which will be of interest to all cardiologists and internists who must know this material in order to provide up-to-date patient care.

Contents:

The gene in the twenty-first century / Choong-Chin Liew, Victor J. Dzau

Monogenic hypercholesterolemia / Ruth McPherson

Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy / Ali J. Marian

Dilated cardiomyopathy and other cardiomyopathies / Mitra Esfandiarei, Robert Yanagawa, Bruce M. McManus

The long QT syndrome / Sabina Kupershmidt, Kamilla Kelemen, Tadashi Nakajima

Atherosclerosis / Päivi Pajukanta, Kiat Tsong Tan, Choong-Chin Liew

Heart failure / Markus Meyer, Peter VanBuren

The implications of genes on the pathogenesis, diagnosis and therapeutics of hypertension / Kiat Tsong Tan, Choong-Chin Liew

Gene therapy for cardiovascular disease: inserting new genes, regulating the expression of native genes, and correcting genetic defects / Ion S. Jovin, Frank J. Giordano

Stem cell therapy for cardiovascular disease / Emerson C. Perin, Guilherme V. Silva

Pharmacogenetics and personalized medicine / Julie A. Johnson, Issam Zineh

The potential of blood-based gene profiling for disease assessment / Steve Mohr, Choon-Chin Liew.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1405133945

9781405133944

OCLC:

83758650