This volume focuses on the etiology and morphogenesis of congenitalheart diseases. It reviews in detail the early development and differentiation ofthe heart, and later morphologic events of the cardiovascular system, coveringa wide range of topics such as gene functions, growth factors, transcriptionfactors and cellular interactions that are implicated in cardiac morphogenesisand congenital heart disease. This book also presents recent advances in stemcell and cell sheet tissue engineering technologies which have the potential toprovide novel in vitro disease models and to generate regenerative paradigmsfor cardiac repair and regeneration.   Thisis the ideal resource for physician scientists and investigators looking forupdates on recent investigations on the origins of congenital heart disease andpotential future therapies.

This volume focuses on the etiology and morphogenesis of congenitalheart diseases. It reviews in detail the early development and differentiation ofthe heart, and later morphologic events of the cardiovascular system, coveringa wide range of topics such as gene functions, growth factors, transcriptionfactors and cellular interactions that are implicated in cardiac morphogenesisand congenital heart disease. This book also presents recent advances in stemcell and cell sheet tissue engineering technologies which have the potential toprovide novel in vitro disease models and to generate regenerative paradigmsfor cardiac repair and regeneration.   Thisis the ideal resource for physician scientists and investigators looking forupdates on recent investigations on the origins of congenital heart disease andpotential future therapies.