The ESC Textbook of Cardiovascular Development

José M. Pérez-Pomares obtained his PhD in Biological Sciences at the University of Málaga in 2000, and was post-doctoral fellow at the Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Medical University of South Carolina until 2002. He is now a professor at the Deparment of Animal Biology at the University of Malage and is the chair of Nucleus (board) of the Working Group on Development, Anatomy and Pathology of the European Society of Cardiology. As PI of the Cardiovascular Development & Disease (DeCA) research group, Dr. Pérez-Pomares is interested in the developmental bases of cardiovascular disease, and the team aims at identifying new diagnostic and prognostic markers as well as therapeutical targets and advanced therapies to treat the diseased heart. He is author of 10 book chapters and more than 60 publications in peer-reviewed, international journals.

• 1: Cristina Basso, Deborah Henderson, José Luis de la Pompa, Robert G. Kelly, José Maria Pérez-Pomares, David Sedmera, & Maurice van den Hoff: Relevance of developmental studies for cliniciansSection 1: Origin, distribution and determination of cardiovascular cell progenitors2: A.F. Moorman, Bjarke Jensen, & R.J. Oostra: An evolutionary perspective on the origin of the cardiovascular system of vertebrates3: Carmen Lopez-Sanchez, Virginio Garcia-Lopez, Gary C. Schoenwolf, & Virginio Garcia-Martinez: From epiblast to mesoderm: elaboration of a fate map for cardiovascular progenitors4: Christopher De Bono & Robert G. Kelly: Cardiac Fields and myocardial cell lineages5: LeShana SaintJean & H.S. Baldwin: Origin and diversity of embryonic endothelium/endocardium6: F. Gabriella Fulcoli and Antonio Baldini: Transcriptional regulation of early cardiovascular developmentSection 2: Molecular regulation of cardiac tissue differentiation and patterning7: Mayyasa Rammah, Francesca Rochais, & Robert G. Kelly: Incorporation of myocardial progenitors to the arterial pole of the heart8: Bram van Wijk, Phil Barnett & Maurice J B van den Hoff: The Developmental Origin of Myocardium at the Venous Pole of the Heart9: Sigolène M. Meilhac: Cardiac growth (I): Cardiomyocyte proliferation10: Stéphane Zaffran: Cardiac growth (I): Cardiomyocyte polarisation11: Gaetano D'Amato, Guillermo Luxán & José Luis de la Pompa: Defining cardiac domains from the inside: NOTCH in endocardial-myocardial interactions12: Adrián Ruiz-Villalba, Nikolaos Frangogiannis, & José Maria Pérez-Pomares: Origin and diversity of cardiac fibroblasts: developmental substrates of adult cardiac fibrosisSection 3: Morphogenesis of cardiovascular structures. On form and function13: David Sedmera & Robert P. Thompson: Building the cardiovascular system: the acquisition of a functional form14: Marina Campione, Amelia Aranega & Diego Franco: Cardiac looping and laterality15: Lucile Miquerol: Origin and development of the cardiac conduction system16: Rui Benedito and Arndt Friedrich Siekmann: Blood vessel differentiation and growth17: D MacGrogan, Jose Maria Pérez-Pomares, Bill Chaudhry, Jose-Luis de la Pompa and Deborah Henderson: From cushions to leaflets: Morphogenesis of cardiac atrioventricular valves18: Deborah J. Henderson, Bill Chaudhry, and José Luis de la Pompa: Development of the arterial valves19: Laura A. Dyer & Margaret L. Kirby: The role of neural crest in cardiac development20: Robert Dettman, Juan Antonio Guadix, Elena Cano, Rita Carmona, & Ramón Muñoz-Chápuli: The multiple functions of the proepicardial/epicardial cell lineage in heart development21: Robert J. Tomanek, Adriana A. Silva Pires Gomes, José Maria Pérez-Pomares: The development of coronary vascularizationSection 4: Abnormal cardiac morphogenesis and the origin of congenital heart disease22: Jamie Bentham: The genetics of congenital heart disease23: Robert H. Anderson, Nigel A. Brown, Simon D. Bamforth, Bill Chaudhry, Deborah J. Henderson, and Timothy J. Mohun: Development of the Outflow Tract24: S. Yen Ho and Matina Prapa: Arterial wall remodelling in congenital heart disease25: Cristina Basso, José Maria Perèz-Pomares, Gaetano Thiene, and Lucile Houyel: Coronary anomalies26: Mary Sheppard: Myocardial non-compaction27: Alex V. Postma, David Sedmera, Frantisek Vostarek, Vincent M. Christoffels, and Connie R. Bezzina: Developmental Aspects of Cardiac ArrhythmiasSection 5: Frontiers in cardiovascular development28: Mauro Giacca and Borja Ibáñez: Advanced therapies to treat cardiovascular diseases. Controversies and perspectives29: Bill Chaudhry, José Luis de la Pompa, and Nadia Mercade: The zebrafish as a model for cardiac development and regeneration30: Daniela Salvatori, Harsha.D. Devalla and Robert Passier: Cells to repair the infarcted myocardium31: Yolan J. Reckman and Yigal M. Pinto: The role of non-coding RNA/micro RNAs in cardiac disease32: Jin Yang, Pei Han, Wei Li, and Ching-Pin Chang: Egigenetics and post-transcriptional regulation of cardiovascular development33: Marcel Grunert, Andreas Perrot, and Silke Rickert-Sperling: Complex network interactions: cardiovascular system biology

This book is the result of close collaboration between clininical and research scientists, both sharing the common objective of improving cardiovascular health through the prism of developmental biology [...] This volume will undoubtedly become the new reference for the bridge between clinicians and research scientists in the field and provide an entry point for both into the technologies and new therapeutic avenues brought by cardiovascular developmental biology