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Record Nr.

UNINA9910300313003321

Autore

Rajamannan Nalini M

Titolo

Osteocardiology : Cardiac Bone Formation / / by Nalini M. Rajamannan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2018

ISBN

3-319-64994-9

Edizione

[1st ed. 2018.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XIV, 99 p. 22 illus. in color.)

Disciplina

616.12

Soggetti

Cardiology

Human physiology

Human Physiology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.

Nota di contenuto

Osteocardiology: Risk Factors -- Osteocardiology: Coronary Artery Calcification -- Osteocardiology: Calcific Aortic Valve Disease -- Osteocardiology: Calcific Aortic Disease -- Osteocardiology: Endochondral Bone Formation -- Osteocardiology: The Atherosclerotic Bone Paradox -- Osteocardiology: Cellular Origins of Cardiac Calcification -- Osteocardiology: LDL-Density-Gene Theory -- Osteocardiology: The LDL-Density-Mechanostat Theory -- Osteocardiology: The Go/No Go Theory For Clinical Trials.

Sommario/riassunto

This book describes the field of osteocardiology, an exciting and new sub-discipline within cardiovascular science, which will become the cornerstone for defining the timing and treatment of cardiovascular calcification in the future. With the advent of large cohort databases and experimental mechanistic studies, research has elucidated evidence confirming that traditional cardiovascular risk factors are responsible for the development of atherosclerotic calcification and identified the critical elements of atherosclerosis, including foam cell formation, vascular smooth muscle cell proliferation and extracellular matrix synthesis, which over time forms bone in the heart. Osteocardiology: Cardiac Bone Formation is a practical overview of bone formation in the heart and is destined to become the cornerstone for education of medical students, residents, fellows, graduate



students, physician scientists and scientists, for future research and ongoing development in medical therapies to slow or halt the progression of bone formation in the heart.