Principles of Molecular Cardiology

I. Overview

1. Cardiovascular Genetics
Christopher Semsarian, Christine Seidman

2. Molecular Biology Applications in Cardiovascular Medicine
Eugene Yang, Scott M. Wasserman, Tatsuro Ishida, Raymond Tabibiazar, Thomas Quertermous

3. Genomics and Its Application to Cardiovascular Disease
Robert Roberts

4. Gene Therapy and Cardiovascular Diseases
Yi Chu, Neal L. Weintraub, Donald D. Heistad

5. Stem Cells and Progenitor Cells in Cardiovascular Disease
Jalees Rehman, Keith L. March

II. Myocardial Disease

6. Development of the Vertebrate Heart
Mabelle Ashe, David Bader

7. Inherited Myocardial Diseases
Elizabeth M. McNally

8. Receptor-Signaling Pathways in Heart Failure
Shayela Suvarna, Liza Barki-Harrington, Miwako Suzuki, Philippe Corvoisier, Howard A. Rockman

9. Recent Insights into the Molecular Pathophysiology of Viral Myocarditis
Tony Tran, Roger D. Rossen, Douglas L. Mann

10. Genetic Underpinnings of Cardiogenesis and Congenital Heart Disease
Vidu Garg, Deepak Srivastava

III. Coronary Artery Disease

11. Coronary Artery Development
Mark W. Majesky

12. Atherosclerosis
George A. Stouffer

13. Antiplatelet Drugs
Karlheinz Peter

14. Myocardial Infarction
D. Douglas Miller, Steven C. Herrmann

15. Transplant Arteriopathy
Joannis Vamvakopoulos, Einari Aavik, Daniel Toit, Pekka Häyry, Minnie Sarwal

16. Thrombolysis
Guy L. Reed

17. Coronary Restenosis
Julius Aitsebaomo, Martin Moser, Susan Smyth, Cam Patterson

IV. Arrhythmias

18. Induction and Patterning of the Purkinje Fiber Network
Takashi Mikawa, Robert G. Gourdie, Kimiko Takebayashi-Suzuki, Nobuyuki Kanzawa, David J. Pennisi, Clifton P. Poma, Maxim Shulimovich

19. Mechanisms of Sudden Cardiac Death
Wayne E. Cascio

20. Gene Therapy for Cardiac Arrhythmias
J. Kevin Donahue, Eduardo Marbán

21. Genetics and Arrhythmias
Kui Hong, Ramon Brugada

V. Vascular Diseases

22. Therapeutic Angiogenesis for Ischemic Vascular Disease
Jai Pal Singh, J. Anthony Ware

23. Nitric Oxide in Cardiovascular Biology and Pathophysiology
Marshall A. Corson

24. Vasculitis
Ronald J. Falk, J. Charles Jennette

25. Primary Pulmonary Hypertension
Evangelos D. Michelakis, Stephen L. Archer

26. The Molecular Basis of Cerebrovascular Malformations
Douglas A. Marchuk

27. Thrombotic Vascular Disease
Stephan Moll, Gilbert C. White

VI. Risk Factors

28. Risk Factors
Ngoc-Anh Le, W. Virgil Brown

29. Vascular Aging
Samer S. Najjar, Edward G. Lakatta

30. Oxidative Stress
Nageswara R. Madamanchi, Marschall S. Runge

31. Diabetes Mellitus
David R. Clemmons

32. Vascular Inflammation as a Cardiovascular Risk Factor
Allan R. Brasier, Adrian Recinos, Mohsen S. Eledrisi

Keywords: Medicine & Public Health, Cardiology