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Systems biology and biomechanical model of heart failure.
Current cardiology reviews - 1 Aug 2012
Louridas George E, Lourida Katerina G
Abstract excerpt
Heart failure is seen as a complex disease caused by a combination of a mechanical disorder, cardiac remodeling and neurohormonal activation. To define heart failure the systems biology approach integrates genes and molecules, interprets the relationship of the molecular networks with modular functional units, and explains the interaction between mechanical dysfunction and cardiac remodeling. The biomechanical...
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