
Cardiology at the limits
University of Cape Town Press
Published on 2. September 2002
Book
184 pages
978-1-919713-70-0 (ISBN)
Description
This is the sixth in a series of symposia that test and re-test the limits of our cardiological knowledge. The first symposium in 1997 was dedicated to the initiation of the Chair of Cellular Cardiology, a joint venture between the University of Cape Town and University College London. Subsequent symposia celebrated the ongoing collaboration of the two universities, the two Hatter Institutes, and the Chair of Cellular Cardiology that bridges them.
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Edition
5th ed
Language
English
Place of publication
Cape Town
South Africa
Publishing group
Juta Academic
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 252 mm
Width: 120 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
500 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-919713-70-0 (9781919713700)
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Persons
Derek M Yellon, PhD, BSc, Hon. FRCP, FACC, FESC is Professor of Cellular Cardiology at University College London (UCL) and holds the position of Director of the Hatter Institute and Head of Division of Cardiology at UCL Hospitals and Medical School. His many publications include Myocardial protection, The pathophysiology of reperfusion and Reperfusion injury. His major personal research interest is in myocardial protection, especially the signal systems involved in preconditioning and in reperfusion-induced injury. Lionel H Opie, MD, DPhil, DSc, FRCP is Director of the Cape Heart Centre and Professor Emeritus at the University of Cape Town. The 4th edition his single author book, The Heart, Physiology, from cell to circulation, now entitled Heart Physiology, is currently in preparation. His book, Drugs for the heart, 2001, is in its fifth edition. His major research interest lies in the metabolic approach to myocardial ischemia and infarction.
Content
Cardiology: Dilemmas in research and practice in a developing country; The Hatter Lecture -- Plaque instability and its imaging: cutting edge of knowledge; Cellular interaction in atherosclerosis: from laboratory to clinical practice; New imaging techniques to define the limits of myocardial ischaemia; PPARs at the limits of diabetes; Diabetic nephropathy: a harbinger of heart disease; Cell-based therapies for cardiac repair: What are the limits?; State-of-the-Art Lecture -- Cardiac memory: what are the limits?