An Introduction to Vascular Biology
An Introduction to Vascular Biology
Lucilla Poston, University of London
Michael Schachter, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, London
Alison W. Halliday, St George's Hospital, London
£86.99
GBPVascular biology is an exciting and rapidly advancing area of medical research, with many new and emerging pathophysiological links to an increasing number of diseases. This updated and expanded new edition takes full account of these developments and conveys the basic science underlying a wide range of clinical conditions including atherosclerosis, hypertension, diabetes, and pregnancy. As with the first edition, the publication provides an introductory account of vascular biology before leading on to explain mechanisms involved in disease processes. Other emerging topics include the role of nitric oxide and apoptosis in vascular biology. The breadth and range of subjects covered in this new edition do full justice to this increasingly important area of clinical research and medicine. This multidisciplinary approach will suit the needs of all those seeking to refresh their knowledge with the very latest advances from basic science through to clinical practice.
- Fully expanded and updated with the very latest developments in the field
- Uses a multidisciplinary approach to the subject
- Vascular biology is at the forefront of much medical research, with links to many diseases
Reviews & endorsements
'Beverley Hunt and her co-editors have succeeded in putting together a collection of varied chapters in which the underlying structural and functional abnormalities in blood vessels are described scientifically in the context of clinical disorders. Individual chapters are easy to read and should provide helpful guidance to clinicians and those interested in the pathophysiological basis of vascular medicine.' Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine
Review of first edition '… it makes excellent reading … for readers who are interested in gaining fundamental understanding of this critical area. I believe the book offers an excellent pathway towards this goal.' British Journal of Surgery
Review of first edition 'It is well written, with the correct balance of figures, tables and text, and also well referenced … I warmly recommend it.' Biomedical Sciences
Product details
July 2002Paperback
9780521796521
474 pages
247 × 175 × 26 mm
1.003kg
90 b/w illus. 25 tables
Available
Table of Contents
- Part I. Basic Science:
- 1. Control of vascular smooth muscle contractility A. Hughes
- 2. Vascular compliance Phillip Chowienczyk
- 3. Flow-mediated responses L. Poston
- 4. Neurohumoral regulation of vascular tone Kirsty M. McCulloch and J. C. McGrath
- 5. Angiogenesis A. Halliday
- 6. Apoptosis M. Bennett
- 7. Wound healing N. L. Occleston and P. T. Khaw
- Part II. Pathophysiology: Mechanisms and Imaging:
- 8. Genetics of cardiovascular disease M. J. Caulfield
- 9. The endothelium in disease B. J. Hunt and J. M. Jurd
- 10. Nitric oxide Patrick Vallance
- 11. Imaging the vasculature Alan Moody
- Part III. Clinical Practice:
- 12. Vascular biology in hypertension M. Schachter
- 13. Atherosclerosis Peter Weissberg
- 14. Aneurysms Janet Powell
- 15. The vasculature in diabetes John Tooke
- 16. The vasculitides Caroline Savage
- 17. Pulmonary hypertension T. Higgenbottam
- 18. The endothelium in transplantation M. Rose
- 19. The vasculature in pregnancy L. Poston.
