17: Restrictive cardiomyopathy
CHAPTER 17Restrictive cardiomyopathy David P. McLaughlin and George A. Stouffer Restrictive cardiomyopathy is a disease of the myocardium characterized by impaired relaxation and diastolic dysfunction of either or both ventricles….
20: Effusive–constrictive pericarditis
CHAPTER 20Effusive–constrictive pericarditis Eric M. Crespo, Sidney C. Smith and George A. Stouffer Effusive–constrictive pericarditis is an uncommon syndrome characterized by constriction of the heart by the visceral pericardium in…
Pulmonary Vascular Development
Figure 3-1. Casts of the airway (yellow/white), arterial (red) and venous (blue) systems in the human lung. Courtesy of Prof. Ewald Weibel, Institute of Anatomy, University of Berne. The vessels…
Transcriptional Mechanisms Regulating Pulmonary Epithelial Maturation:
Figure 4-1. Systems biology to integrate complex data. Lung Ventilation at Birth Is Dependent on Its Structure How do the alveoli form? What are the cellular and molecular processes mediating…
The Genetic Programs Regulating Embryonic Lung Development and Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell Differentiation
Figure 1-1. Overview of lung development. (A) A time line showing the major steps of lung development in the mouse and (B) a diagram showing the ontology of cell lineages…
Early Development of the Mammalian Lung-Branching Morphogenesis
Figure 2-1. Reciprocal interactions between the developing lung endoderm and mesenchyme promote growth and branching of the airways. The developing lung airways are patterned in a proximal–distal manner with mesenchymal…
Sternal Clefts and Anomalies
Fig. 7.1 Human sternal development . Development continues after birth until somatic growth is completed [from van der Merwe, A.E., et al., A review of the embryological development and associated…
Poland’s Syndrome
and Michael S. Wong1 (1) Department of Surgery, Division of Plastic Surgery, University of California, Davis Medical Center, 2221 Stockton Boulevard, Suite 2123, Sacramento, CA 95817, USA Michael S. Wong Email: mswong@ucdavis.edu Introduction…
