Vascular Complications in Human Disease

Treatments for Pulmonary Vascular Disease.- Therapy for Pulmonary Vascular Disease: Past, Present, and Future.- Nitric Oxide Axis in Cardiopulmonary Disease.- Endothelin Signaling in the Cardiomyocyte.- TGF-?/BMP Signaling in Pulmonary Vascular Disease.- Model Systems.- Endothelin System in Chronic Kidney Disease.- Endothelial Activation in Inflammation: Lessons Learned from E-Selectin.- Pathogenic Mediators of Vessel Sclerosis: Regulation of Vascular Smooth Muscle Cell Proliferation by Growth Factors, the Extracellular Matrix, and the Endothelium.- Control of Interstitial Fluid Homeostasis: Roles of Growth Factors and Integrins.- Vascular Complications.- Vascular Complications of Systemic Sclerosis: A Molecular Perspective.- Therapeutic Options for Preventing Transplant-Related Progressive Renal and Vascular Injury.- Surgical Approaches.- Current State of Medical Therapies for Peripheral Vascular Disease.- Advantages of Harvesting the Saphenous Vein for Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery Using the "No-Touch" Technique.- Toward the Prevention of Vein Graft Failure.- Genetics, Gene Therapy, and Tissue Engineering.- Statins and Cholesterol: How Low Can You Go?.- Endothelin-1-Promoting Actions in the Growth and Angiogenesis of Solid Cancers.- Gene Therapy for Apolipoprotein A-I and HDL-The Ultimate Treatment for Atherosclerosis.- ETS Family of Transcription Factors and the Vascular System.- Aortic Valve: From Function to Tissue Engineering.

Professor Dame Carol Black DBE, PRCP, President of the Royal College of Physicians, Professor and Head Of Academic and Clinical Department of Rheumatology, The Royal Free Hospital and University College London, UK.

From the reviews:

"This book on vascular biology as it relates to common complications of vascular diseases is divided into six sections addressing vascular complications in the pulmonary, renal, and cardiac systems as well as transplanted organs. ... The book is aimed at both basic and clinical scientists as well as clinicians in several different specialties. ... the book is most valuable for research scientists. ... This is an excellent book for basic or clinical scientists ... ." (Audrey Rosinberg, Doody's Review Service, October, 2009)