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Past Review Focus Issues

Cardiovascular Research publishes occasional review series devoted to a specific research topic. These series may be accompanied by high quality, original research papers on this theme.

Please find a full list below of Review Issues published in Cardiovascular Research since 2006.

The following list provides links to the introductory editorial of each issue as well as to the issue's table of contents.



MicroRNA and Cardiovascular Function
Published: 1 Sep 2008

Gianluigi Condorelli, University of California, San Diego, and Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico Multimedica, Milan
Stefanie Dimmeler, University of Frankfurt, Frankfurt

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The Cardiac Myocyte Sarcomere
Published: 1 Mar 2008

R. John Solaro, University of Illinois, Chicago
Pieter P. de Tombe, University of Illinois, Chicago

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Adventitial Control of Vascular Function and Growth
Published: 1 Sep 2007

Patrick J. Pagano, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit
David Gutterman, Medical College of Wisconsin, Wisconsin

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Calmodulin and Ca2+/Calmodulin Kinases in the Heart – Physiology and Pathophysiology
Published: 1 Mar 2007

Lars S. Maier, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Göttingen
Donald M. Bers, Loyola University Chicago, Chicago

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Hypoxia and the Pulmonary Circulation
Published: 1 Sep 2006

Werner Seeger, University of Giessen Lung Center, Giessen
Friedrich Grimminger, University of Giessen Lung Center, Giessen

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Caveolae in Cardiovascular Signaling
Published: 1 Mar 2006 and 1 April 2006

Ingrid Fleming, Klinikum der J.W. Goethe-Universität, Frankfurt am Main

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