An Introduction to Vascular Biology: From Basic Science to Clinical Practice - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0521796520 ISBN 13: 9780521796521

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2002

Synopsis

This updated and expanded new edition takes full account of recent 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. 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.

About this title

Book Description:

Vascular 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.

Review:

"...comprehensive...useful...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." Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine

"We strongly recommend this high-level publication to all clinicians interested in learning more about the broad field of vascular biology." Acta Cardiologica

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0521796520
• ISBN 13: 9780521796521
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 474
• Editor: Hunt Beverley J., Poston Lucilla, Schachter Michael, Halliday Alison W.