Biology of the Arterial Wall

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Levy, Bernard I. (Editor), Tedgui, Alain. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA : Springer US, 1999.
• Series: Basic Science for the Cardiologist, 1
• Subjects: Medicine.; Human physiology.; Cardiology.; Biomedicine.; Human Physiology.
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Biology of the Arterial Wall is intended as a general reference text concerned with the biology of the vascular cells and the blood vessel wall under physiological and pathological conditions. One of the major functions of the arteries is to maintain a continuous blood flow to the organs whatever th...

Table of Contents:

• The Vascular Wall under Physiological Conditions
• Morphologic Aspects of the Large Artery Vascular Wall
• Mechanics of the Large Artery Vascular Wall
• Neurohumoral Control of the Vascular System
• Endothelial Function and Dysfunction
• Mechanical Factors and Vascular Biology
• Angiogenic Growth Factors
• Angiogenesis
• Vascular Aging
• The Vascular Wall under Pathological Conditions
• Vessel and Inflammation
• Apoptosis in Normal and Pathological Vessels
• Stiffness of Wall Material in Human Hypertension
• Pathobiology of Atherosclerosis
• Arterial Gene Transfer.