Physiology of the Heart - Tapa dura

Dr. Katz has extensively revised and strategically refocused ths text to incorporate significant new concepts from molecular biology. Whereas the first edition of this text integrated organ physiology and cell biochemistry, the second edition adds a new dimension: regulation of cardiac performance by altered gene expression. Dr. Katz explains how new discoveries on protein structures, membrane structure and function, cell signalling systems, and ion channel structures and behaviour have refined our understanding of cardiac function in health and in diseases such as heart failure, arrhythmias, and ischemic heart disease. The second edition also includes over 100 new illustrations and an expanded, updated bibliography.