Arteriogenesis

Embryonic Development of Collateral Arteries.- Structural Remodeling during Growth of Collateral Vessels.- Magnetic Resonance Imaging.- Physical Forces and their Translation into Molecular Mechanisms.- Role of Hypoxia/lschemia/VEGF-A, and Strain Differences.- Monocytes and Cytokines.- Bone Marrow-Derived Cells.- Cell - Cell and Cell - Matrix Interactions.- Fibroblast Growth Factors.- Signal Transduction Pathways in Smooth Muscle Cells.- Expression Profiling of Growing Collateral Arteries/Hunting for New Genes.- Theory of Arteriogenesis.- Effects of Physical Activity.- Cerebral Arteriogenesis.- The Coronary Collateral Circulation in Man.- Function of the Coronary Collateral Circulation in Man.- Collateral Circulation in Clinical Practice.- Arteriogenesis and Atherosclerosis: Strange Bedfellows.