Introduction to Translational Cardiovascular Research
The term “Translational Research” reflects today’s integration of basic research (“bench”) findings with the clinical practice of medicine, and in a wider scope the application of results from the individual patient (“bedside”) to entire populations for t
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Introduction to Translational Cardiovascular Research
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Introduction to Translational Cardiovascular Research
Dennis V. Cokkinos Editor
Introduction to Translational Cardiovascular Research
Editor Dennis V. Cokkinos, MD, FESC Biomedical Research Foundation Academy of Athens Athens Greece
ISBN 978-3-319-08797-9 ISBN 978-3-319-08798-6 DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-08798-6 Springer Cham Heidelberg New York Dordrecht London
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All the authors dedicate this book to our families and our students. The editor (DVC) additionally dedicates it to his wife Vana, in translation
Foreword
It is with great pleasure that I write this foreword for two reasons: First, the concept of this book emerged from two seminars held in our institution with the same title, Introduction to Translational Cardiovascular Research, with Professor Dennis V. Cokkinos, Director of the Heart and Vessel Department, who is also the Editor of this book as the course organizer, and Professor Evangelia Kranias, Director of Molecular Biology, Hanna Professor of Cardiology, Chair, Department of Pharmacology and Cell Biophysics, University of Cincinnati Co
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