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Title Introduction to Vascular Biology : From Basic Science to Clinical Practice
Published Cambridge University Press 2002

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Description 1 online resource (474 pages)
Contents Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Preface to Second Edition; 1 Vascular tone; 2 Vascular compliance; 3 Flow-mediated responses in the circulation; 4 Neurohumoral regulation of vascular tone; 5 Angiogenesis: basic concepts and the application of gene therapy; 6 The regulation of vascular smooth muscle cell apoptosis; 7 Wound healing: laboratory investigation and modulating agents; 8 Genes for hypertension; 9 The endothelium in health and disease; 10 Nitric oxide; 11 Magnetic resonance imaging in vascular biology; 12 Vascular biology of hypertension
Summary Vascular biology is an exciting and rapidly advancing area of medical research, with many new and emerging pathophysiological links to an increasing number of diseases. This updated and expanded new edition takes full account of these developments and conveys the basic science underlying a wide range of clinical conditions including atherosclerosis, hypertension, diabetes, and pregnancy. As with the first edition, the publication provides an introductory account of vascular biology before leading on to explain mechanisms involved in disease processes. Other emerging topics include the role of nitric oxide and apoptosis in vascular biology. The breadth and range of subjects covered in this new edition do full justice to this increasingly important area of clinical research and medicine. This multidisciplinary approach will suit the needs of all those seeking to refresh their knowledge with the very latest advances from basic science through to clinical practice
Subject Blood-vessels -- Physiology.
Blood-vessels -- Diseases.
Peripheral vascular diseases -- Pathophysiology
Vascular Diseases
Blood-vessels -- Diseases
Blood-vessels -- Physiology
Form Electronic book
Author Hunt, Beverley J.
Poston, Lucilla.
Schachter, Michael.
Halliday, Alison W.
ISBN 1280162384
9781280162381
0511056834
9780511056833
0511071620
9780511071621