The Scientist's Guide to Cardiac Metabolism - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0128023945 ISBN 13: 9780128023945

Publisher: Academic Press, 2015

Synopsis

The Scientists Guide to Cardiac Metabolism combines the basic concepts of substrate metabolism, regulation, and interaction within the cell and the organism to provide a comprehensive introduction into the basics of cardiac metabolism.

This important reference is the perfect tool for newcomers in cardiac metabolism, providing a basic understanding of the metabolic processes and enabling the newcomer to immediately communicate with the expert as substrate/energy metabolism becomes part of projects.

The book is written by established experts in the field, bringing together all the concepts of cardiac metabolism, its regulation, and the impact of disease.

• Provides a quick and comprehensive introduction into cardiac metabolism
• Contains an integrated view on cardiac metabolism and its interrelation in metabolism with other organs
• Presents insights into substrate metabolism in relation to intracellular organization and structure as well as whole organ function
• Includes historical perspectives that reference important investigators that have contributed to the development of the field

About this title

About the Author:

Dr. Michael Schwarzer is the Research Director for the Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery at Friedrich Schiller University of Jena, Germany. He has contributed to over 20 publications and has an h-index: 9.

Professor Doenst heads the Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery at the University Hospital in Jena, where he places emphasis on an internationally comparable clinical performance, with a focus in the field of minimally invasive and complex valve surgery and the surgical treatment of heart failure, including ventricular assist devices and heart - and lung transplantation.

About this edition

• Publisher: Academic Press
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 0128023945
• ISBN 13: 9780128023945
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 240
• Editor: Schwarzer Michael, Doenst Torsten