Heart Cell Communication in Health and Disease

De Mello, Walmor C. (EDT); Janse, Michiel J. (EDT)

ISBN 10: 0792380525 / ISBN 13: 9780792380528

Published by Springer, 1997

Seller Inventory # 757440-n

Synopsis:

In Heart Cell Communication in Health and Disease an extensive review of different aspects of heart cell communication is presented. The book starts with the fundamental concept that cardiac cells are communicated, and then proceeds to the role of gap junctions in heart development, the molecular biology of gap junctions, the biophysics of the intercellular channels, the control of junctional conductance and the influence of gap junctions on impulse propagation.
This is the first time that a single volume has described cell communication in the normal heart and under different pathological conditions such as heart failure, coronary disease, myocardial ischemia and cardiac arrhythmias. In this way the process of cell communication is analyzed at different levels of complexity, providing the reader with a wide view of this field and its relevance to cardiology.

Synopsis: Presenting an extensive review of different aspects of heart-cell communication, this work begins with the fundamental concept that cardiac cells are communicated. It then proceeds to the role of gap junctions in heart development, the molecular biology of gap junctions, the biophysics of the intercellular channels, the control of junctional conductance, and the influence of gap junctions on impulse propagation. By describing, in a single volume, cell communication in the normal heart and under different pathological conditions such as heart failure, coronary disease, myocardial ischemia and cardiac arrhythmias, the book analyzes the process of cell communication at different levels of complexity, providing the reader with a wide view of this field and its relevance to cardiology.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Heart Cell Communication in Health and ...
Publisher: Springer
Publication Date: 1997
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: New