AnalysisofCardiacDevelopment:FromEmbryotoOldAge

Thisvolume,theresultofthreedaysofinteractivesessionsamongworldleadersinthecardiacsciences,summarizesthemostup-to-dateinformationaboutdevelopmentandcardiogenesissignalingincell-basedtherapy,aswellasdevelopmentalaspectsoftheformationoftheembryonicheart,includingtheeffectofmechanicalloadondifferentiation.Othertopicscoveredinclude:signalingandrepairstrategies,cellandgenetherapyforthetreatmentofpostmyocardialinfarction,signaling,vascularizationmethodsinengineeringembryoniccardiactissue,andmolecularmethodstoimprovesurvivalofhumanembryonicstemcell–derivedcardiomyocytes;developmentalandevolutionalcardiology;novelstrategiesfortreatmentofatrialfibrillationandchannelmolecularphysiologyinremodelingandhypertrophy;multiscalemodelingformetabolismandflows,includingforcedevelopment,mechanicsofcardiaccontraction,andATPsupplyanddemandaspects;aging,interactions,andinterferenceaspectsincludefibroblast-myocyte-capillarycommunications,nonuniformitiesincontraction,calciumchannelsasoxygensensors,andepigeneticsofheartfailure;andmacroscalephenomenaandclinicalaspects,includingvariousclinicalaspectsofmoderncardiologysuchasnavigationmethodsforcardiacinterventionsandcontrolofcardiacfunctionbychangesinenergeticdemand.NOTE:Annalsvolumesareavailableforsaleasindividualbooksorasajournal.Forinformationoninstitutionaljournalsubscriptions,pleasevisitwww.blackwellpublishing.com/nyas.ACADEMYMEMBERS:PleasecontacttheNewYorkAcademyofSciencesdirectlytoplaceyourorder(www.nyas.org).MembersoftheNewYorkAcademyofSciencereceivefull-textaccesstotheAnnalsonlineanddiscountsonprintvolumes.Pleasevisithttp://www.nyas.org/MemberCenter/Join.aspxformoreinformationaboutbecomingamember.