Title | Physiology and Pathophysiology of the Heart [electronic resource] / edited by Nicholas Sperelakis |
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Imprint | Boston, MA : Springer US : Imprint: Springer, 1984 |
Connect to | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-1171-4 |
Descript | XV, 846 p. online resource |
I. Cardiac Muscle -- 1. Ultrastructure of Mammalian Cardiac Muscle -- 2. Basic Pathologic Processes of the Heart: Relationship to Cardiomyopathies -- 3. Electrical Properties of Cells at Rest and Maintenance of the Ion Distributions -- 4. The Ionic Basis of Electrical Activity in the Heart -- 5. Electrogenesis of Pacemaker Potential as Revealed by AV Nodal Experiments -- 6. Cable Properties and Conduction of the Action Potential: Excitability, Sources, and Sinks -- 7. The Electrocardiogram and Its Relationship to Excitation of the Heart -- 8. The Slow Action Potential and Properties of the Myocardial Slow Channels -- 9. ExcitationโContraction Coupling: Relationship of the Slow Inward Current to Contraction -- 10. The Role of NaโCa Exchange in Heart -- 11. Methods for Detecting Calcium Release from the Sarcoplasmic Reticulum of Skinned Cardiac Cells and the Relationships between Calculated Transsarcolemmal Calcium Movements and Calcium Release -- 12. Uptake of Calcium by the Sarcoplasmic Reticulum and Its Regulation and Functional Consequences -- 13. Contractile and Mechanical Properties of the Myocardium -- 14. Substrate and Energy Metabolism of the Heart -- 15. Neural Control of the Heart -- 16. The Development of Postsynaptic Cardiac Autonomic Receptors and Their Regulation of Cardiac Function during Embryonic, Fetal, and Neonatal Life -- 17. Mechanisms of Adrenergic and Cholinergic Regulation of Myocardial Contractility -- 18. The Pharmacology of Cardiac Glycosides -- 19. Effects of and the Mechanism of Action of Calcium Antagonists and Other Antianginal Agents -- 20. Cellular Electrophysiology and Ischemia -- 21. Mechanism of Action of Antiarrhythmic Drugs -- 22. Calcium and the Injured Cardiac Myocyte -- 23. Cell Coupling and Healing-over in Cardiac Muscle -- 24. Effects of Cardiotoxins on Membrane Ionic Channels -- 25. Cardiac Hypertrophy and Altered Cellular Electrical Activity of the Myocardium: Possible Electrophysiologic Basis for Myocardial Contractility Changes -- 26. Developmental Changes in Membrane Electrical Properties of the Heart -- 27. Aging of the Adult Heart -- 28. Hormonal Effects on Cardiac Performance -- 29. Cardioplegia: Principles and Problems -- 30. The Effects of the Volatile Anesthetic Agents on the Heart -- II. Coronary Circulation -- 31. Effects of Toxic Substances on the Heart -- 32. Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells and Other Periendothelial Cells of Mammalian Heart -- 33. The Pathogenesis of Coronary Atherosclerosis -- 34. Electrophysiology of Vascular Smooth Muscle -- 35. Electromechanical and Pharmacomechanical Coupling in Vascular Smooth Muscle -- 36. Vascular Muscle Membrane Properties in Hypertension -- 37. Mechanical Properties, Contractile Proteins, and Regulation of Contraction of Vascular Smooth Muscle -- 38. Metabolism and Energetics of Vascular Smooth Muscle -- 39. Control of the Coronary Circulation -- 40. Coronary Artery Spasm