Endocrinology of the Heart

Endocrinology of the Heart

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Starting with the morphology of the myoendocrine cell and the biochemistry and physiology of cardiac hor mones, the book describes pathophysiological findings and discuss their clinical relevance in congestive heart failure, arterial hypertension, renal insufficiency, and cirrhosis of the liver. Furthermore, evidence is presented for the role of the heart as a target organ for various endocrine factors such as thyroid hormones, catecholamines, renin-angiotensin, growth hormones and endogenous opioids.

Atrial Natriuretic Peptide: Morphology and Physiology
Atrial Natriuretic Peptide: Pathophysiological and Clinical Relevance
The Heart as a Target Organ
Short Communications ANP: Experimental Studies
ANP in Healthy Volunteers
ANP and Cardiac Diseases
ANP and the Kidney
ANP and Pregnancy
ANP and Ca-Antagonists
The Heart in Acromegaly
Thyroid Hormones and the Heart
Sympathetic Activity and the Heart
The Heart in Various Endocrine Systems.
ISBN 978-3-540-51409-1
Artikelnummer 9783540514091
Medientyp Buch
Copyrightjahr 1989
Verlag Springer, Berlin
Umfang XII, 291 Seiten
Abbildungen XII, 291 p. 37 illus.
Sprache Englisch