Pathogenesis of Heart Failure: An Issue of Heart Failure Clinics

Provides a discussion on the pathogenesis of heart failure from the role of beta receptors to mechanisms of cardiac hypertrophy. This book also covers the gene therapy and stem cell therapy.

1. Beta Receptors in Heart Failure (Engelhardt)2. Role of Phospholamban in the Pathogenesis of Heart Failure (Kranias)3. Cardiac Apoptosis in Heart Failure (Rosenzweig)4. Transcript Profiling in Heart Failure5. Mechanisms of Cardiac Hypertrophy (Lembo)6. Animal Models of Heart Failure (Lebeche)7. Gene Therapy in Heart Failure (Hajjar)8. Stem Cell Therapy in Heart Failure (Liao)9. Cardiogenesis and the Regulation of Cardiac-Specific Gene Expression (Mably)10. Protein Unfolding in the Failing Heart (del Monte)11. Nitric Oxide in Heart Failure (Bloch)12. The Failing Cardiomyocyte (Harding)13. MAPKinase Activation in Heart Failure14. Electrical Remodeling in Heart Failure (Santana)