Cardiac Mechanobiology in Physiology and Disease

<p>Foreword.- Cardiac mechanoperception and mechanotransduction - Mechanisms of stretch sensing in cardiomyocytes and implications for cardiomyopathy.- Mechanotransduction in heart development.- Mechanobiology of cardiac growth in health and disease.- The role of mechanosensitive signaling cascades in repair and fibrotic remodeling of the infarcted heart.- Mechanobiology of cardiac fibroblasts in cardiac remodelling.- Mechanobiology of cardiac remodelling in cardiomyopathy.- Biophysical Stretch Induced Differentiation and Maturation of Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell-derived Cardiomyocytes.- Mechanical Considerations of Myocardial Tissue and Cardiac Regeneration.- Mechanobiology of Exercise-Induced Cardiac Remodeling in Health and Disease.- Cardiac microvascular endothelial cells and pressure overload-induced cardiac fibrosis.- Cellular and Subcellular Mechanisms of Ventricular Mechano-Arrhythmogenesis.- Computational biomechanics of ventricular dyssynchrony and resynchronization therapy.- Therapeutic innovations for heart failure.</p>