DeMello / Frohlich Renin Angiotensin System and Cardiovascular Disease

1. Auflage 2009
ISBN: 978-1-60761-186-8
Verlag: Humana Press
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 300 Seiten, eBook

Reihe: Contemporary Cardiology

This book offers the latest research into the role of the renin angiotensin system on cardiac and vascular functions and in cardiovascular diseases. It covers vital aspects such as intracellular signaling and regulation of cell volume in the failing heart.

Zielgruppe

Professional/practitioner

Autoren/Hrsg.

DeMello, Walmor C.

Frohlich, Edward D.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Systemic Versus Local Renin Angiotensin Systems. An Overview.- Clinical Import of the Local Renin Angiotensin Aldosterone Systems.- Renin, Prorenin, and the (Pro)Renin Receptor.- Local Renin Angiotensin Systems in the Cardiovascular System.- Renin-Angiotensin-Aldosterone System and Pathobiology of Hypertension.- AT1 Receptors, Angiotensin Receptor Blockade, and Clinical Hypertensive Disease.- Structural and Electrophysiological Remodeling of the Failing Heart.- Inhibiting the Renin Angiotensin Aldosterone System in Patients with Heart Failure and Myocardial Infarction.- Left Ventricular Hypertrophy and Treatment with Renin Angiotensin System Inhibition.- Angiotensin-(1-7), Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme 2, and New Components of the Renin Angiotensin System.- Kinin Receptors and ACE Inhibitors: An Interrelationship.- Kinins and Cardiovascular Disease.- CMS and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: Bound Together by the Renin Angiotensin Aldosterone System.- Renin Angiotensin Aldosterone System and Cardiovascular Disease.- Renin Angiotensin System and Atherosclerosis.- Renin Angiotensin System and Aging.