Cardiac Adaptations Molecular Mechanisms

The processes of adaptation and maladaptation play an important role in the pathogeny of serious cardiovascular diseases, such as hypertension, valvular diseases, congenital heart disease, myocardial infarction and different cardiomyopathies as well as du

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Editors Bohuslav Ostadal Institute of Physiology Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic Prague Czech Republic

ISBN 978-1-4614-5202-7 DOI 10.1007/978-1-4614-5203-4

Naranjan S. Dhalla Department of Physiology St. Boniface Hospital Research Centre Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences University of Manitoba Winnipeg, MB Canada

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