Bibliothèque de L'IMIST/CNRST

Includes bibliographical references and index.

VOLUME 1: Heart evolution -- Cardiac precursor populations and lineages -- Patterning of the early heart tube -- Asymmetry in cardiac development -- Epicardial development -- Cushions, valves and septa -- Cardiac neural crest and pharyngeal patterning -- Making vessels. VOLUME 2: Transcriptional circuits in cardiac development and disease -- Epigenetic modifiers of a cardiac development -- Cardiomics -- The regenerative heart -- Properties of cardiac progenitor cells -- Driving cardiac regeneration.

"The development of the cardiovascular system is a rapidly advancing area in biomedical research, now coupled with the burgeoning field of cardiac regenerative medicine. A lucid understanding of these fields is paramount to reducing human cardiovascular diseases of both fetal and adult origin. Significant progress can now be made through a comprehensive investigation of embryonic development and its genetic control circuitry. Heart Development and Regeneration, written by experts in the field, provides essential information on topics ranging from the evolution and lineage origins of the developing cardiovascular system to cardiac regenerative medicine. A reference for clinicians, medical researchers, students, and teachers, this publication offers broad coverage of the most recent advances."--Publisher's description.