Open access peer-reviewed Edited Volume

Cardiomyopathies - From Basic Research to Clinical Management

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Josef Veselka
Josef Veselka

Motol Hospital

Published15 February 2012

Doi10.5772/1457

ISBN978-953-307-834-2

eBook (PDF) ISBN978-953-51-6709-9

Copyright year2012

Number of pages816

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Table of Contents

Open access  chapters

1. Classification and Definitions of Cardiomyopathies

By Bhulan Kumar Singh, Krishna Kolappa Pillai, Kanchan Kohli and Syed Ehtaishamul Haque

4,941
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3. Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy in Infants and Children

By Luis E. Alday and Eduardo Moreyra

5,483
4. Quality of Life in Dilated Cardiomyopathy with Refractory Chronic Heart Failure Undergoing Devices Implantation

By Elisabete Nave Leal, José Luís Pais Ribeiro and Mário Martins Oliveira

1,862
5. Peripartum Cardiomyopathy: A Systematic Review

By Viviana Aursulesei and Mihai Dan Datcu

5,200
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3,895
2,518
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10. Cardiac Myocytes and Mechanosensation

By Byambajav Buyandelger and Ralph Knöll

2,008
11. Dobutamine-Induced Mechanical Alternans

By Akihiro Hirashiki and Toyoaki Murohara

1,867
12. MicroRNAs Telltale Effects on Signaling Networks in Cardiomyopathy

By Manveen K. Gupta, Zhong-Hui Duan, Sadashiva S. Karnik and Sathyamangla V. Naga Prasad

1,938
13. Intercellular Connections in the Heart: The Intercalated Disc

By Maegen A. Ackermann, Li-Yen R. Hu and Aikaterini Kontrogianni-Konstantopoulos

4,811
14. Familial Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy-Related Troponin Mutations and Sudden Cardiac Death

By Laura Dewar, Bo Liang, Yueh Li, Shubhayan Sanatani and Glen F. Tibbits

2,373
1
4,247
17. Functional Consequences of Mutations in the Myosin Regulatory Light Chain Associated with Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy

By Priya Muthu, Wenrui Huang, Katarzyna Kazmierczak and Danuta Szczesna-Cordary

1,930
5
18. Role of Genetic Factors in Dilated Cardiomyopathy

By Cieslewicz Artur and Jablecka Anna

3,357
20. The Use of Contrast-Enhancement Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Cardiomyopathies

By Marlon A.G.M. Olimulder, Michel A. Galjee, Jan van Es, Lodewijk J. Wagenaar and Clemens von Birgelen

2,033
21. The Evolving Face of Heart Failure Associated with Elevated Cardio-Metabolic Risk Factors

By Chaitanya Dutt, Vijay Chauthaiwale, Anookh Mohanan, KumarPrafull Chandra, Shitalkumar Zambad, Ram Gupta and Siralee Parikh

2,348
23. Insulin Resistance and Cardiomyopathy

By Jiung-Pang Huang and Li-Man Hung

2,606
2
3,730
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25. Thyrotoxic Cardiomyopathy

By Alina Yu. Babenko, Alekber A. Bairamov, Elena N. Grineva and Eugenia O. Ulupova

7,596
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13,850
27. Anthracycline Cardiotoxicity

By Giuseppe Visani, Alessandro Isidori and Giorgio Minotti

3,809
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28. Cardiotonic Steroids and Cardiac Fibrosis

By Sandeep Vetteth, Deepak Malhotra and Joseph I. Shapiro

2,154
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29. Stress-Induced Cardiomyopathy: Clinical Observations

By Jun-Won Lee, Hyun-Kyo Lim, Jang-Young Kim and Sungwoo Ryoo

3,252
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30. Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy

By Abdul Moiz Hafiz, M. Fuad Jan, Timothy E. Paterick, Suhail Allaqaband and A. Jamil Tajik

4,926
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34. Chagas Heart Disease

By Clara Isabel González and Julio César Mantilla

1,745
35. Chagasic Cardiomyopathy

By Fernando Rosas, Nubia Roa, Zulma M. Cucunubá, Adriana Cuéllar, John Mario Gonzalez and Concepción J. Puerta

2,073
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