title: Recent advances in heart research.
abstract: Of the many symposia at the 28th World Congress of the International Society of Heart Research, held August 7-10, 2004, in Queensland, Australia, this report covers the following: understanding the basic mechanisms of cardiac arrhythmias; unstable plaque; innate immunity in cardiovascular health and disease; matrix metalloproteinases; defining the targets for treatment of heart failure; NAD(P)H oxidase-derived reactive oxygen species--signaling or stress; expanding roles for alpha(1)-adrenoceptors in the cardiovascular system; estrogen derivatives in cardiovascular disease--old questions, new answers; and p38 MAPK: a kind or callous kinase. Lectures on the use of gene therapy for cardioprotection and antiarrhythmic actions of calmodulin kinase inhibition, and selected poster presentations are also discussed.
authors.affiliation: University of Queensland, School of Biomedical Sciences, Australia. s_doggrell@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Sheila A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Doggrell
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002317:Cardiovascular Agents / Q000737:chemistry / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000378:metabolism; D015507:Drugs, Investigational / Q000737:chemistry / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans
chemical_list: D002317:Cardiovascular Agents; D015507:Drugs, Investigational