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Record Nr.

UNINA9910146146903321

Titolo

Cardiovascular genetics and genomics / / edited by Dan Roden ; foreword, Rose Marie Robertson, Elliott Antman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chichester, West Sussex, England : , : Wiley-Blackwell, , 2009

©2009

ISBN

1-4443-1178-6

1-4443-1177-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (287 p.)

Collana

AHA Clinical Series

Disciplina

616.1042

Soggetti

Cardiovascular system - Diseases - Genetic aspects

Genomics

Pharmacogenomics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Contributors; Preface; Foreword; PART I: Principles; 1 Candidate gene and genome-wide association studies; 2 A primer in statistical methods in genetics; 3 The role of ethnicity in managing cardiovascular patients; 4 Genetic testing: moving to the bedside-when and how?; PART II: Specific Cardiovascular Disease; 5 Genomics and atrial arrhythmias; 6 Ventricular arrhythmias and sudden death; 7 Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and other forms of hypertrophy; 8 Genetics and genomics of dilated cardiomyopathy; 9 Arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy

10 Genetics of atherosclerosis11 Hypertension; 12 Stroke genomics; 13 Genetic determinants of arterial thrombosis; 14 Pharmacogenetics and pharmacogenomics; 15 Case study: warfarin pharmacogenetics from single to multiple genes; Appendix; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; V; W; X; Z; Author Disclosure Table

Sommario/riassunto

This comprehensive and concise presentation of genetic factors in cardiovascular disease and their response to therapy consolidates knowledge of this high-interest and emerging topic. Covering broad areas of contemporary genomic medicine and specific cardiovascular



diseases, this book is a must for anyone seeking to better understand this rapidly developing field.