TY - BOOK AU - Rubanyi,Gabor M. AU - Dzau,Victor J. TI - The endothelium in clinical practice: source and target of novel therapies T2 - Fundamental and clinical cardiology SN - 0824798090 (hardcover : alk. paper) U1 - QS 532.5 E7 ES6 1997 PY - 1997/// CY - New York PB - M. Dekker KW - Vascular endothelium KW - Pathophysiology KW - Physiology KW - Endothelium KW - Endothelins KW - Thromboxanes KW - Prostacyclin KW - Heart Diseases KW - therapy KW - physiopathology KW - physiology N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Content I. The Endothelium as the Source of Novel Therapies 1. Prostacyclin (Prostaglandin I2) and Atherosclerosis, Karsten Schroer 2. Prostacyclin and Thromboxane: Role in Ischemic Heart Disease, Jawahar L. Mehta and Baichun C. Yang 3. Clinical Use of Prostacyclins, John A. Dormandy and Glyn Belcher 4. Nitric Oxide Synthases: Enzymology and Mechanism-Based Inhibitors, John F. Parkinson and Gary Phillips 5. Endothelin: From Basic to Pathophysiological Research, Katsutoshi Goto 6. Transmigration of Leukocytes, B. Stein, Y. Khew-Goodall, J. Gamble, and M. A. Vadas 7. Transforming Growth Factor-b and Cardiovascular Protection, David J. Grainger and James C. Metcalfe 8. Coagulation Factors, Michael Kalafatis, Jack O. Egan, and Kenneth G. Mann II. The Endothelium as a Target for Novel Therapies 9. Endothelial Dysfunction and Vascular Disease, Paul M. Vanhoutte, Louis Perrault, and Jean Paul Vilaine 10. Complement and Endothelium: Novel Complement-Inhibitory Therapeutics, Una S. Ryan 11. The Receptor for Advanced Gycation Endproducts: Implications for the, Development of Diabetic Vascular Disease, Osamu Hori, Shi Du Yan, and Ann Marie Schmidt 12. Hypertension, Pierre Moreau and Thomas F. Luscher 13. Arterial Restenosis, Michael A. Reidy and Stephen M. Schwartz 14. Pathobiology and Clinical Consequences of Plaque Rupture, Richard Gallo, Juan J. Badimon, James H. Chesebro, Valentin Fuster, and Lina Badimon 15. Isoprostanes and Antioxidant Therapy in Human Diseases, Emma A. Meagher and Garrett A. FitzGerald 16. Vasculoprotection by Estrogen Contributes to Gender Difference in Cardiovascular Diseases: Potential Mechanism and Role of Endothelium, Katalin Kauser and Gabor M. Rubanyi 17. Lipoprotein(a): Insights from Transgenic Mice, Steven D. Hughes and Edward M. Rubin 18. Gene TherapyGene Therapy with Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor, Jeffrey M. Isner 19. Vascular Disease and the Prospect of Gene Therapy, Heiko E. von der Leyen and Victor J. Dzau UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0647/96049906-d.html ER -