Drug-Induced Valvular Heart Disease

von Steven Droogmans, Guy van Camp, Bram Roosens, Bernard Cosyns, Dirk Kerkhove

52 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

The notion that drugs can induce valvular heart disease (VHD) has occurred since the sixties and has received a lot of attention in recent years. Overstimulation of the serotonin 2B receptor (5-HT2B) leads to valvular fibroblast proliferation and thickening of the valvular leaflets with reduced mobility and regurgitation as a consequence. This book focuses on different aspects of this distinct kind of valvulopathy including pathophysiology of drug-induced VHD, histopathological and echocardiographic characteristics,drugs associated with VHD, the influence of cumulative drug dose and risk factors and others.

• ISBN: 9781616689780
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 23.05.2011
• Größe: 139 x 212 mm
• Verlag: Nova Science Publishers Inc