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"This volume comprises the most up-to-date account of existing knowledge on the subject of cardiomyopathy and heart failure. Its multidisciplinary approach covers cardiovascular medicine; biochemistry; immunology; molecular biology; virology; epidemiology; and clinical medicine.
Cardiomyopathies and Heart Failure: -Covers all major investigational and clinical aspects of the topic;
-Provides syntheses as well as reviews;
-Offers a unique multidisciplinary and international perspective;
-Includes an extensive list of references to relevant work;
-Targeted towards practicing physicians and basic researchers. "
List of contents
Contributors. Preface.
I: Introductory Chapter. Cardiomyopathies and Heart Failure: Biomolecular, Infections and Immune Mechanisms; A. Matsumori.
II: Cytokines in Cardiomyopathies and Heart Failure. 1. Chemokines and Cardiovascular Diseases; K. Matsushima, et al. 2. Negative Regulator of Cytokine Signaling (SOCS) Genes in Inflammation; I. Kinjyo, et al. 3. The Interleukin-6 Family of Cytokines and their Receptors in Patients with Congestive Heart Failure; K. Yamauchi-Takihara, et al. 4. Animal Model of Cardiomyopathy Due to Overexpression of TNF-alpha; T. Kubota.
III: Autoimmunity in Cardiomyopathies and Heart Failure. 5. Myosin Autoreactive T Cells and Autoimmune Myocarditis: Lessons from the Disease Caused by Cardiac Myosin Peptide CM2; T. Izumi, et al. 6. Autoimmunity in Cardiomyopathies; M. Noutsias, et al. 7. Anti-G-Protein Coupled Cardiac Receptor Autoantibodies in Dilated Cardiomyopathy; M. Fu. 8. Clinical Significance of Circulating Cardiac Autoantibodies in Dilated Cardiomyopathy and Myocarditis; A.L.P. Caforio, W.J. McKenna.
IV: Mast Cell Mediators and Human Diseases: Basic Aspects. 9. Development of Mast Cells: Process and Regulatory Mechanisms; Y. Kitamura, et al. 10. Mast Cells in Experimental Myocardial Infarction; N.G. Frangogiannis, M.L. Entman. 11. possible Involvement of Mast Cells in the Development of Fibrosis; M. Kurosawa, et al. 12. Human Mast Cell Chymase and 31 Amino Acid Endothelin-1; H. Kido, et al. 13. Tryptase from Human mast Cells; L.B. Schwartz. 14.
Summary
Comprises an account of existing knowledge on the subject of cardiomyopathy and heart failure. This volume covers various major investigational and clinical aspects of the topic. It provides syntheses as well as reviews, offering a multidisciplinary and international perspective. It is targeted towards practicing physicians and basic researchers.
