Inflammation and Cardiac Diseases
Heart failure research is a most active area of research in academic, industrial and government-sponsored research and receives intense clinical attention. The recent recognition that inflammation is a risk factor and prognostic factor for heart disease h
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Series Editor Prof. Dr. Michael J. Parnham PLIVA Research Institute Prilaz baruna Filipovica 25 10000 Zagreb Croatia Advisory Board G. Z. Feuerstein (Merck Research Laboratories, West Point, PA, USA W. van Eden (Universiteit Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands)
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Inflammation and Cardiac Diseases
Giora Z. Feuerstein Peter Libby Douglas L. Mann Editors
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Editors Giora Z. Feuerstein Pharmacology Department WP42-209, Merck Research Laboratories 770 Sumneytown Pike West Point, PA 19486 USA
Peter Libby Cardiovascular Medicine Brigham and Women's Hospital 221 Longwood Avenue EBRC 307 Boston, MA 02115 USA
Douglas L. Mann Winters Center for Heart Failure Research 6565 Fannin MS 524 Houston, TX 77030 USA
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