Biophysics of the Failing Heart: Physics and Biology of Heart Muscle (Biological and Medical Physics)

Biophysics of the Failing Heart: Physics and Biology of Heart Muscle (Biological and Medical Physics)

R. John Solaro (Editor), Jil C. Tardiff (Editor)
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Publication Date: August 9th, 2013
Publisher:
Springer
ISBN:
9781461476771
Pages:
253
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Description

Chapter 1 Introduction to the Biophysics of the Failing Heart.- Chapter 2 Sarcoplasmic reticulum Ca homeostasis and Heart Failure.- Chapter 3 Ca-homeostasis and Heart Failure: Focus on the Biophysics of Surface Membrane Ca-Fluxes.- Chapter 4 Biophysics of Membrane Currents in Heart Failure.- Chapter 5 Biophysical Mechanisms for the Metabolic Component of Impaired Heart Function.- Chapter 6 Cytoskeletal Nuclear Links in the Cardiomyocyte .- Chapter 7 Biophysical Forces Modulate the Costamere and Z-Disc.- Chapter 8 Heart failure- the final frontier for biophysics in cardiovascular medicine?.- Chapter 9 Arrhythmogenesis, Heart Failure, and the Biophysics of Z-band Protein Networks.- Chapter 10 Biophysics of Titin in Cardiac Health and Disease.- Chapter 11 Sarcomeres and the Biophysics of Heart Failure.- Index.

About the Author

R. John Solaro is a Distinguished University Professor at the University of Illinois, Chicago and the head of the Physiology and Biophysics department. Jil C. Tardiff is a Professor at the Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine at the University of Arizona in Tucson. She is also a practicing cardiologist.

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