Endocrinology of the Heart [Paperback]

Atrial Natriuretic Peptide: Morphology and Physiology.- Morphology of the Myoendrocine Cardiac Cell and Extra-Auricular Systems Producing Cardiac Hormones.- Biochemistry of the Differential Release, Processing and Degradation of Cardiac and Related Peptide Hormones.- Intrarenal Mechanism of Action of Atrial Natriuretic Factor.- Mechanism of Action of Atrial Natriuretic Factor in the Adrenal Gland.- Atrial Natriuretic Peptide and the Renin-Angiotensin-Aldosterone-System.- Interaction between ANP and the Sympathetic Activity.- Atrial Peptides in the Endocrine Control of Fluid and Cardiovascular Homeostasis.- Natriuretic Hormones: Endogenous Na-K-ATPase Inhibitor(s) and Atrial Natriuretic Peptide.- Atrial Natriuretic Peptide: Pathophysiological and Clinical Relevance.- Atrial Natriuretic Peptide in Heart Failure.- The Atrial Natriuretic Peptide in Human Hypertension.- Atrial Natriuretic Peptide: Protective Effects in Acute Renal Failure.- ANP and Volume Regulation in Liver Cirrhosis.- Atrial Natriuretic Peptide and Chronic Renal Failure.- Pharmacological Modification of the ANP System.- The Heart as a Target Organ.- Thyroid Hormones and the Heart.- Molecular Biology of Tissue Renin.- Catecholamines, Adrenergic Receptors and Exercise Capacity in Trained Subjects and in Coronary Heart Disease.- Short Communications ANP: Experimental Studies.- Is the Hypothalamus Involved in the Regulation of the Kidney Excretory Function and ANP Secretion in Chronically Sodium-Loaded Rats?.- Regulation of Rat Vascular ANP Receptors during Chronic Salt-Loading.- Renal Function after Renal Ischemia in Dogs Infused with Atrial Natriuretic Peptide (ANP).- Atrial Natriuretic Peptide (ANP) Protects Cells against Damage Induced by Hypoxia of Hypochlorous Acid.- Atrial Natriuretic Factor Protects against Angiotensin II-Induced Deterioration in Isolated Working Rat Hearts.- Does Atrial Natriuretic Factor (ANF) Affect Changes of Myocardial Extracellular K+ and H+ Concentrations ((K+)e; (H+e) and NlC×