This collection of reviews will be of considerable interests to biologists and MDs working on any aspect of cardiovascular function. With state-of-the-art reviews written by competent experts in the field, the content is also of interest for MSc and Ph D students in most fields of cardiovascular physiology.
Table of Content
Comparative evolution and design in non-vertebrate cardiovascular systems.- The teleost heart: A morphological approach.- Fish Heart Growth and Function: From Gross Morphology to Cell Signalling and Back.- A perspective on the evolution of the coronary circulation in fishes and the transition to terrestrial life.- The sarcoplasmatic reticulum in the vertebrate heart.- Evolution of the regulatory control of the vertebrate heart: the role of the contractile proteins.- Ontogenesis of myocardial function.- Basic Cardiac Development: The heart and its electrical components.- The Functional Significance of the Reptilian Heart: New Insights into an Old Question.