عنوان

Hormones and the heart in health and disease

0896037266

9780896037267

b565517

Hormones and the heart in health and disease

[Book]

edited by Leonard Share.

Totowa, N.J.

Humana Press

©1999.

x, 258 pages : illustrations.

Contemporary endocrinology (Totowa, N.J.), 21.

Natriuretic peptides and the heart / David G. Gardner [and others] --; Adrenomedullin and the heart / Willis K. Samson --; Cardiac and vascular actions of urocortin / David G. Parkes and Clive N. May --; Renin-angiotensin system and the heart / Haralambos Gavras and Irene Gavras --; Adrenocortical hormones and the heart : a steroidogenic endocrine organ as well as target organ? / Celso E. Gomez-Sanchez --; Catecholamines and the heart / Matthew N. Levy --; Vasopressin and the heart / Vernon S. Bishop and Max G. Sanderford --; Insulin and the heart / Roger W. Brownsey [and others] --; Kinins in the heart / Oscar A. Carretero --; Endothelin and the heart / David P. Brooks and Eliot H. Ohlstein --; Nitric oxide and the heart / Robert D. Bernstein [and others] --; Contribution of eicosanoids in the heart / Kafait U. Malik --; Estrogen and the heart / Jay M. Sullivan --; Androgen and estrogen effects on plasma lipids in men / Carrie J. Bagatell and William J. Bremner.

Leonard Share and a panel of distinguished clinicians and investigators critically review what is known about the effects of endogenous hormones and other chemical agents that act upon and/or are secreted by the heart. Among the humoral factors reviewed in depth are ANP, adrenomedullin, urocortin, vasopressin, and insulin, as well as the autocoids, endothelin, nitric oxide, estrogen, and the eicosanoids. Also illuminated are the roles played by the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system, by the autonomic nervous system, and by the kallikrein-kinin system in the functioning of the heart. Offers physiologists, pharmacologists, and academic cardiologists powerful insights into the hormonal factors that modulate cardiac performance in health and disease. Contributing substantially to our understanding of the physiology and pathophysiology of the heart, this important book is certain to serve as the new standard reference for all those involved in basic and clinical cardiovascular studies as well as in developing today's novel cardiotherapeutics.--Publisher description (LoC).

Atrial natriuretic peptides -- Physiological effect.

Autocrine mechanisms.

Heart -- Physiology.

edited by Leonard Share.

Leonard Share

[Book]

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