First Published in 1991. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Preface PART I NORMAL GROWTH OF DEVELOPING CARDIAC MUSCLE Chapter 1 Differentiation of Cardiomyocytes Chapter 2 Reproduction of Cardiac Myocytes Developing In Vivo and its Relation to Processes of Differentiation PART 11 CELLULAR ASPECTS OF REGENERATIVE PROCESSES AND HYPERPLASIA IN THE INJURED AND OVERLOADED MYOCARDIUM Chapter 3 Regenerative Processes in the Myocardium of Cold-B1ooded Animals Chapter 4 Proliferation of Cardiac Myocytes in the Injured and Overloaded Myocardium du ring Early Ontogenesis of Warm-Blooded Animals and Man Reactive hyperplasia of cardiomyoeytes of the injured heart of embryos and neonatal animals Chapter 5 Regenerative Possibilities of the Ventricular Myocardium of Adult Mammals Chapter 6 Unusual Proliferative Behavior of Adult Mammalian Atrial Cardiomyocytes Chapter 7 On the Possibility of Reactivation of Proliferative Processes in Cardiomyocytes Of the Conducting System Chapter 8 A Paradoxical Capacity of Working Myocytes of the Overloaded Heart of Man and Primates for Polyploidization Chapter 9 Attempts to Stimulate Myocardial Regeneration PART III MODULATION OF PROCESSES OF CARDIOMYOCYTE DIFFERENTlATION AND PROLIFERATION IN VITRO AND IN TISSUE TRANSPLANTS Chapter 10 Modulations of Differentiation in Tissue Explants of the Myocardium In Vitra Chapter II Processes of Cardiomyocyte Proliferation and Differentiation in Cell Culture Chapter 12 Regenerative Morphogenesis du ring Auto- and Heterotransplantation of Myocardial Tissue Grafts