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InhaltsangabeTreatments 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.

Vascular disease provides a clear example of the inherent and practical relationship between basic science and clinical medicine. Basic science underpins the rationale of treatment and potential future therapeutic approaches; problems in clinical management often direct new lines of laboratory research. Progress in treatment cannot continue without this close collaboration and this book has been designed to review this fascinating collaborative field of medical science. As part of this evolving collaboration, Vascular Complications of Human Disease: Mechanisms and Consequences reviews the study, pathogenesis, management and treatment of some of the most common vascular diseases. The book includes discussions of approaches to gene therapy and aspects of regenerative medicine plus also physiology and pathogenesis, surgical and pharmacologic treatment, and complications. Clinical specialists caring for patients with any form of vascular disease must clearly understand the basic scientific rationale for disease pathogenesis. This book presents a cohesive review of our current understanding of the most important areas of clinical science and medicine in vascular disease and identifies areas for research in the future. It will be a useful reference for basic and clinical scientists, and clinical specialists in vascular surgery, cardiology, angiology, neurology and any discipline in which the vascular system plays a fundamental part in the disease process.