Hypertrophy Contractile dysfunction Calcium cycling Cytoskeletal proteins (sarcomeric, non-sarcomeric, membrane) Beta-adrenergic signaling Metabolism and bioenergetics Myocyte death (apoptosis, autophagy, stress) Endothelium and microvasculature Sympathetic innervation Circulating neurohormones, cytokines Cardiac Hypertrophy…
Edmo Atique Gabriel and Sthefano Atique Gabriel (eds.)Inflammatory Response in Cardiovascular Surgery201310.1007/978-1-4471-4429-8_47© Springer-Verlag London 2013 47. Role of BNP in Pediatric Heart Transplantation Marcelo Biscegli Jatene1 and Estela Azeka2 (1) Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgery Unit, Heart Institute (InCor), University…
29. Palabrica T, Lobb R, Furie BC, Aronivitz M, Benjamin C, Hsu Y-M, et al. Leukocyte accumulation promoting fibrin deposition is mediated in vivo by P-selectin on adherent platelets. Nature….
Fig. 45.1 Immature dendritic cells mature into antigen-presenting cells (APCs) within recipients’ lymph nodes and spleen. APCs present donor alloantigens on their class II MHC molecules. CD4 helper T cells…
Fig. 40.1 Mechanism of action for tranexamic acid (TXA), e-aminocaproic acid (EACA), and aprotinin during fibrinolysis (t-PA tissue-type-plasminogen activator, u-PA urokinase type-plasminogen activator, PAI plasminogen activator inhibitor, FDP fibrin degradation…
Edmo Atique Gabriel and Sthefano Atique Gabriel (eds.)Inflammatory Response in Cardiovascular Surgery201310.1007/978-1-4471-4429-8_37© Springer-Verlag London 2013 37. Dysfunctional Mechanisms of Anti-inflammation in Aortic Stenosis David A. Fullerton1 and Xianzhong Meng1 (1) Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, The University of Colorado…
Fig. 19.1 Diagram outlining the considerable overlap between the coagulatory, fibrinolytic, and matrix metalloproteinase (MMP) systems Table 19.1 MMP production and activation and substrates MMP Alternative name Produced by Activated…
Fig. 32.1 Complexity of the inflammatory response in cardiac surgery Table 32.1 Humoral and cellular factors of the inflammatory response Humoral factors Cellular factors Contact activation products Neutrophils Factor XIIa…
, Cyro Alves de Brito3 and Alberto José da Silva Duarte1, 4, 2, 5 (1) Clinical Laboratory, Hospital do Coração, São Paulo, Brazil (2) Central Laboratory of Hospital das Clínicas, Faculty of Medicine, University of São Paulo,…
Fig. 16.1 Pre- and postoperative angiogram of a patient undergoing arterial transplantation. The patient had undergone eight pervious vascular procedures on the left leg after varicose vein surgery 35 years…
