Publication Year: 2010
Edition: 1st
Authors/Editor: George, Sarah Jane and Johnson, Jason
Publisher: Wiley
ISBN: 978-3-52-732448-4
A must-have for master and PhD students, researchers, MDs, and lecturers in vascular biology and cardiology, as well as academics and scientists in the pharmaceutical industry
Covering the most devastating disease in the Western world, this handbook and ready reference provides a comprehensive account of the different stages and factors in the development of the atherosclerotic plaque.
Each chapter is written by experts in the field and highlights the role of specific mediators of atherosclerotic plaque development, as well as potential therapeutic targets. A large amount of this up-to-date information is conveyed by way of tables and schematic figures, in a readily comprehensible manner.