Heart Physiology and Pathophysiology. ([2001])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Nicholas Sperelakis (editor-in-chief), Yoshihisa Kurachi, Andre Terzic, Michael V. Cohen.
• Editors: Sperelakis, Nick, 1930-; Kurachi, Yoshihisa; Terzic, Andre; Cohen, Michael V (Michael Victor), 1944-
• Contents: Contributors; ; Foreword; ; Preface; ; Part I Pumping Action and Electrical Activity of the Heart; ; 1. Sequence of Cardiac Activation and Ventricular Mechanics; ; 2. Coronary Circulation and Hemodynamics; ; 3. Neurohumoral Control of Cardiac Function; ; 4. Control of Cardiac Output and its Alterations during Exercise and in Heart Failure; ; 5. Ultrastructure of Cardiac Muscle and Blood Vessels; ; 6. Excitability and Impulse Propagation; ; 7. Electrocardiogram and Cardiac Excitation; ; 8. Gap-Junction Channels and Healing-Over of Injury; ; Part II Cellular Electrophysiology of Heart and Vascular Smooth Muscle; ; 9. Electrogenesis of the Resting Potential; ; 10. Cardiac Action Potentials; ; 11. Electrophysiology of Vascular Smooth Muscle; ; 12. Sodium Channels; ; 13. Voltage-Dependent Calcium Channels; ; 14. Voltage-Dependent K+ Channels; ; 15. Inwardly-Rectifying K+ Channels in the Heart; ; 16. Voltage and Calcium-Activated K+ Channels of Coronary Smooth Muscle; ; 17. Ion Channels in Vascular Smooth Muscle; ; 18. Cardiac Pacemaker Currents; ; 19. Chloride Channels in Heart; ; 20. Regulation of Cardiac Ion Channels by Phosphorylation, Ca2+, Cytoskeleton, and Stretch; ; PART III PUMPS AND EXCHANGERS; ; 21. Cardiac Na+/K+ Pump; ; 22. Cardiac Na+-Ca2+ Exchanger: Pathophysiology and Pharmacology; ; 23. Na+/H+ Exchanger and pH Regulation; ; 24. Transport in Nucleus; ; 25. Sarcoplasmic Reticulum Ca2+ Transport; ; 26. Calcium Release from Cardiac Sarcoplasmic Reticulum; ; Part IV Vascular Endothelium; ; 27. Function of Vascular Endothelium; ; 28. Ion Channels in Vascular Endothelium; ; Part V Excitation-Contraction Coupling and Pharmacomechanical Coupling; ; 29. Electromechanical and Pharmacomechanical Coupling in Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells; ; 30. Mechanisms Regulating Cardiac Myofilament Response to Calcium; ; 31. Vascular Smooth Muscle Contraction; ; Part VI Metabolism and Energetics; ; 32. Myocardial Energy Metabolism; ; 33. Metabolism and Energetics of Vascular Smooth Muscle; ; Part VII Signaling Systems; ; 34. Adrenergic Receptors in the Cardiovascular System; ; 35. Cardiac Action of Angiotensin II; ; 36. ATP and Adenosine Signal Transductions; ; 37. Kinase Signaling in the Cardiovascular System; ; 38. Calcium Signaling; ; 39. Diadenosine Polyphosphate Signaling in the Heart; ; Part VIII Developmental Changes and Aging; ; 40. Cardiac Development and Regulation of Cardiac Transcription; ; 41. Developmental Changes of Ion Channels; ; 42. Aging of the Cardiovascular System; ; 43. Changes in Autonomic Responsiveness during Development; ; Part IX Mechanism of Action of Cardioactive Drugs; ; 44. Inotropic Mechanism in Cardiac Muscle; ; 45. Mechanisms of Action of Calcium Antagonists; ; 46. Cyclic Nucleotides and Protein Phosphorylation in Vascular Smooth Muscle Relaxation; ; 47. K+ Channel Openers; ; 48. Mode of Action of Antiarrhythmic Drugs; ; Part X Pathophysiology; ; 49. Cellular Mechanisms of Cardioprotection; ; 50. Ischemic Preconditioning: Description, Mechanism, and Significance; ; 51. Cardioplegia and Surgical Ischemia; ; 52. Apoptosis; ; 53. Calcium Overload in Ischemia/Reperfusion Injury; ; 54. Coronary Atherosclerosis and Restenosis; ; 55. Diabetic Vascular Disease; ; 56. Angiogenesis and Coronary Collateral Circulation; ; 57. Molecular Pathophysiology of Cardiomyopathies; ; 58. Signal Transduction of Cardiac Myocyte Hypertrophy; ; 59. Electrophysiological Changes in Hypertrophy; ; 60. Molecular Basis of Inherited Long QT Syndromes and Cardiac Arrhythmias; ; 61. Molecular Mechanisms of Atrial Fibrillation; ; 62. Lipids Released during Ischemia and Arrhythmogenesis; ; 63. Ion Channels in the Heart; ; 64. Cardiac Arrhythmias: Reentry and Triggered Activity; ; 65. Myocardial Reperfusion Injury-Role of Free Radicals and Mediators of Inflammation; ; 66. Cardiac Toxicology; ; 67. Regulation of Gene Expression by Hypoxia; ; 68. Gene Transfer in Cardiovascular Therapy; ; Index; ; ;
• Edition: Fourth edition
• Publisher Details: San Diego : Academic Press
• Publication Date: 2001
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations
• Subjects: 612.17; Heart -- Physiology; Heart -- Pathophysiology
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780080533889; 0080533884
• Related ISBNs: 0126569754
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
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