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Ontogeny and Phylogeny of the Vertebrate Heart

  • State-of-the-art reviews written by competent experts in the field

  • Explores the major topics of the evolution of cardiac functions

  • First comprehensive volume to compile research from comparative physiology and clinically-oriented embryology to review the ontogeny and phylogenies of cardiac function

  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
  2. The Teleost Heart: A Morphological Approach

    • José M. Icardo
    Pages 35-53
  3. The Sarcoplasmic Reticulum in the Vertebrate Heart

    • Gina L. J. Galli, Holly A. Shiels
    Pages 103-124
  4. Ontogenesis of Myocardial Function

    • David Sedmera, Bohuslav Ostadal
    Pages 147-175
  5. Basic Cardiac Development: The Heart and Its Electrical Components

    • L. Y. E. Wong, A. F. Moorman, P. Barnett
    Pages 177-206
  6. Back Matter

    Pages 229-231

About this book

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 PhD students in most fields of cardiovascular physiology.

Editors and Affiliations

  • , Institute of Anatomy, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic

    David Sedmera

  • Fac. Science, Inst. Biological Sciences Zoofysiology, University of Aarhus, Aarhus C, Denmark

    Tobias Wang

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Softcover Book USD 169.99
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