Genetic Causes of Cardiac Disease, 1st ed. 2019 Cardiac and Vascular Biology Series, Vol. 7

Genetics of adult and fetal forms of Long QT Syndrome.- The genetic landscape of cardiomyopathies. Genetic basis of mitochondrial cardiomyopathy.- The Genetics of Coronary Heart Disease.- Complex genetics and the etiology of human congenital heart disease-Familial Hypercholesterolemia.- Long non-codingRNAs in cardiovascular disease.- Mouse models to study inherited cardiomyopathy.- Interrogating cardiovascular genetics in zebrafish.- Human induced pluripotent stem cells as a platform for functional examination of cardiovascular genetics in a dish.- Systems medicine as a transforming tool for cardiovascular genetics.- Sex differences in prevalent cardiovascular disease in the general population.

Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Jeanette Erdmann is DZHK Professor and Director of the Institute for Cardiogenetics at the University of Lübeck, Germany.

Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Alessandra Moretti is an Associate Professor at the Technical University of Munich and Head of Cardiac Regenerative Medicine, at the University Hospital Rechts der Isar, Munich, Germany

Presents the recent developments in the field of cardiac disease genetics. Different models for study and analysis are discussed, including iPSC. Written and edited by leading figures in the field. Written for scientists and clinicians alike.