Development of cardiovascular systems : molecules to organisms

List of contributors Foreword Constance Weinstein Introduction. Why study cardiovascular development? Warren B. Burggren and Bradley B. Keller Part I. Molecular Cellular and Integrative Mechanisms: Determining Cardiovascular Development: 1. Genetic dissection of heart development Jau-Nian Chen and Mark C. Fishman 2. Cardiac membrane characteristics Lynn Mahony 3. Development of the myocardial contractile system Anne M. Murphy 4. Vasculogenesis and angiogenesis of the developing heart Robert J. Tomanek and Anna Ratajska 5. Extracellular matrix maturation and morphogenesis Wayne Carver, Louis Terracio and Thomas K. Borg 6. Endothelial maturation Jackson Wong 7. Embryonic cardiovascular function, coupling and maturation: a species view Bradley B. Keller 8. Hormonal systems regulating the cardiovascular system Makoto Nakazawa and Fusae Kajio Part II. Species Diversity in Cardiovascular Development: 9. Evolution of cardiovascular systems: insights into ontogeny Anthony P. Farrell 10. Morphogenesis of vertebrate hearts Jose M. Icardo 11. Invertebrate cardiovascular development Brian R. McMahon, George B. Bourne and Ka Hou Chu 12. Piscine cardiovascular development Peter J. Rombough 13. Amphibian cardiovascular development Warren W. Rurggren and Regina Fritsche 14. Reptilian cardiovascular development Stephen J. Warburton 15. Avian cardiovascular development Hiroshi Tazawa and Ping-Chun Lucy Hou 16. Mammalian cardiovascular development Kent L. Thornburg, George D. Giraud, Mark D. Reller and Mark J. Morton Part III. Environment and Disease in Cardiovascular Development: 17. Oxygen, temperature and pH influences on the development of non-mammalian embryos and larvae Bernd Pelster 18. Modelling gas exchange in embryos, larvae and fetuses Alan W. Pinder 19. Principles of abnormal cardiac development Adriana C. Gittenberger-de Groot and Robert E. Poelmann 20. In utero and postnatal interventions in cardiovascular malformations V. Mohan Reddy and Frank L. Hanley 21. Insights into the future care of congenital cardiovascular malformations Edward B. Clark Epilogue. Future directions in developmental cardiovascular sciences Bradley B. Keller and Warren W. Burggren References Systematic index Subject index.