Research Catalog

Title

Hypertension and the heart / edited by Alberto Zanchetti ... [et al.].

Publication

New York : Plenum Press, c1997.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Fondazione internazionale Menarini.
• International Congress on Hypertension and the Heart (1997 : Berlin, Germany)
• Zanchetti, Alberto.

Description

ix, 288 p. : ill.; 26 cm.

Series Statement

Advances in experimental medicine and biology ; v. 432

Uniform Title

Advances in experimental medicine and biology ; v. 432.

Subjects

• Heart > Hypertrophy > Congresses
• Hypertension > Complications > Congresses
• Hypertrophy, Left Ventricular > physiopathology
• Hypertension > complications
• Congress
• Coronary heart disease > Congresses

Genre/Form

Congress.

Note

• "Proceedings of an International Congress on Hypertension and the Heart, held as part of the Menarini series on cardiovascular diseases, held February 27-28, 1997, in Berlin, Germany"--T.p. verso.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• 1. Relations of Left Ventricular Geometry and Function to Prognosis in Hypertension / Richard B. Devereux, Giovanni de Simone and Mary J. Roman -- 2. Left Ventricular Hypertrophy, Arterial Compliance, and Aging / Mary J. Roman, Antonello Ganau and Pier Sergio Saba [et al.] -- 3. Left Ventricular Hypertrophy and Arterial Blood Pressure in Experimental Models of Hypertension / A. F. Dominiczak, A. M. Devlin and M. J. Brosnan [et al.] -- 4. Regulation and Role of Myocardial Collagen Matrix Remodeling in Hypertensive Heart Disease / Reinhard C. Funck, Andreas Wilke and Heinz Rupp [et al.] -- 5. Ultrasonic Reflectivity of the Heart: A Measure of Fibrosis? / Michele Ciulla, Roberta Paliotti and Fabio Magrini -- 6. Local Angiotensin II and Myocardial Fibrosis / Yao Sun -- 7. Left Ventricular Anatomy and Function in Primary Aldosteronism and Renovascular Hypertension / Achille C. Pessina, Alfredo Sacchetto and Gian Paolo Rossi --
• 8. Hypertension Differentially Affects the Expression of the Gap Junction Protein Connexin43 in Cardiac Myocytes and Aortic Smooth Muscle Cells / Jacques-Antoine Haefliger, Einar Castillo and Gerard Waeber [et al.] -- 9. Modulation of Cardiac Hypertrophy by Estrogens / Theo Pelzer, Asiya Shamim and Simone Wolfges [et al.] -- 10. Salt Sensitivity and Left Ventricular Hypertrophy / Antonio Coca and Alejandro De la Sierra -- 11. Volume Overload, Atrial Natriuretic Peptide, and Left Ventricular Hypertrophy / M. Luque Otero, N. Martell and A. L. Aubele [et al.] -- 12. The Renin-Angiotensin System Gene Polymorphism and Left Ventricular Hypertrophy / Laurence Tiret -- 13. Renin-Angiotensin System Gene Polymorphisms and Left Ventricular Hypertrophy: The Case against and Association / M. J. West, K. M. Summers and K. K. Wong [et al.] -- 14. Left Ventricular Hypertrophy and Arterial Hypertrophy / Jean-Michel Mallion, Jean-Philippe Baguet and Jean-Philippe Siche [et al.] --
• 15. Relationship between Cardiac Hypertrophy and Microalbuminuria / Luis M. Ruilope -- 16. Physiological versus Pathological Hypertrophy: The Athlete and the Hypertensive / Cesare Cuspidi, Laura Lonati and Lorena Sampieri [et al.] -- 17. Bradykinin and Cardiac Protection / Peter Gohlke, Carsten Tschope and Thomas Unger -- 18. Left Ventricular Hypertrophy and Sympathetic Activity / Guido Grassi, Gino Seravalle and Giuseppe Mancia -- 19. Hypertension, Left Ventricular Hypertrophy, and Heart Rate Variability / Federico Lombardi and Cesare Fiorentini -- 20. Comparison of Meta-Analyses of Therapeutic Studies on Regression of Left Ventricular Hypertrophy / Lennart Hansson -- 21. Comparison of Therapeutic Studies on Regression of Left Ventricular Hypertrophy / Roland E. Schmieder and Markus P. Schlaich -- 22. Prognostic Significance of Left Ventricular Hypertrophy Regression / Enrico Agabiti-Rosei and Maria Lorenza Muiesan --
• 23. Hypertension and Coronary Microvascular Disease / B. E. Strauer and B. Schwartzkopff -- 24. Myocardial Perfusion in Hypertensive Patients with Normal Coronary Arteries / Carlo Palombo, Michaela Kozakova and Giovanni Bigalli [et al.] -- 25. Endothelial Dysfunction in Hypertension / Stefano Taddei and Antonio Salvetti -- 26. Endothelial Dysfunction in Hypertensives: An Uncertain Association / P. A. van Zwieten -- 27. Hypertension, Left Ventricular Hypertrophy, and Coronary Flow Reserve / Edward D. Frohlich -- 28. Hypertensive Heart Disease, Ventricular Dysrhythmias, and Sudden Death / Franz H. Messerli and Leszek Michalewicz -- 29. Hypertension and Heart Failure / M. Gary Nicholls, A. Mark Richards and Evan J. Begg.

ISBN

0306457741

LCCN

97045693

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries