Development of the vascular system -- Contents -- Chairman's introduction -- Control of early embryonic heart morphogenesis: a hypothesis -- Discussion -- Patterns of vascularization in the developing cerebral cortex -- Discussion -- The pattern of elastin in the aorta and large arteries of mammals -- Discussion -- 'Structural autoregulation'-the local adaptation of vascular beds to chronic changes in pressure -- Discussion -- Physical factors and angiogenesis -- Discussion -- General discussion I -- Vascularization of experimental tumours -- Discussion -- Role of mast cells in experimental tumour angiogenesis -- Discussion -- The role of heparin in angiogenesis -- Discussion -- Degradation of basement membrane components by vascular endothelial cells: role in neovascularization -- Discussion -- Inhibition of neovascularization by a cartilage factor -- Discussion -- General discussion II -- Tumour angiogenesis factors -- Endothelial cell markers -- Morphogenesis -- General discussion III -- Endothelial cell regeneration in hypertension and hypercholesterolaemia -- A hypothesis of atherogenesis -- Pathological vascularization of the coronary intima -- Discussion -- Maldevelopments of the vascular system: clinical conundrums -- Discussion -- Index of contributors -- Subject index.