The Cardiac Lymphatic System : An Overview /

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Otros Autores: Karunamuni, Ganga. (Editor )
Formato: eBook
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
Edición:1st ed. 2013.
Materias:
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.