The Cardiac Lymphatic System An Overview

The Cardiac Lymphatic System An Overview / edited by Ganga Karunamuni.

The Cardiac Lymphatic System: An Overview provides in-depth coverage of the cardiac lymphatic vessels and the essential nature of their patterning and development in the heart tissue. The volume is organized into three sections: the anatomy of the cardiac lymphatic system, the cardiac lymphatics and...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Karunamuni, Ganga (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
Edition:1st ed. 2013.
Series:Springer eBook Collection.
Subjects:
Human physiology.
Proteins .
Cardiology.
Systems biology.
Stem cells.
Medicine.
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Table of Contents:
  • Part I: Anatomy of the Cardiac Lymphatic System
  • A General Outline of the Cardiac Lymphatic System
  • Development and Patterning of the Cardiac Lymphatic Network
  • Part II: The Cardiac Lymphatics and Heart Disease
  • The Link between Lymphatic Obstruction and Congenital Heart Disease
  • Role of Lymphatics in Atherogenesis, Myocardial Infarction, Congestive Heart Failure, and Cardiac Transplantation
  • The Lymphatics in Normal and Pathological Heart Valves
  • Myocardial Lymphatic Changes during Terminal Heart Failure
  • Imaging the Lymphatic System in Heart Transplantation and Its Immunological Implications
  • Part III: Cardiac Lymphatic Signaling
  • Tie Receptor Signaling in Cardiac Lymphangiogenesis
  • VEGF Receptor Signaling in the Cardiac Lymphatics
  • Hypoxia and the Cardiac Lymphatics
  • The Potential of the Epicardium to Act as a Source of Lymphatic Cells
  • Index.

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