Cardiac Pharmacology

Content: 
Physiologie and Pharmacologie Bases of Drug Therapy, Page ii
Front Matter, Page iii
Copyright, Page iv
Dedication, Page v
List of Contributors, Pages xiii-xiv
Preface, Page xv, R. Douglas Wilkerson
1 - Regulation of Myocardial Contractility, Pages 3-23, DOUGLAS F. MUNCH, JAMES M. DOWNEY
2 - The Nervous System as an Important Site of Action for Drugs Affecting Cardiovascular Function, Pages 25-50, RICHARD A. GILLIS, JOHN A. QUEST
3 - Evaluation of Drug-Induced Alterations in Myocardial Contractility, Pages 53-73, WALTER H. NEWMAN, MARY L. BUSH
4 - Cyclic Nucleotides and Cardiac Function, Pages 75-93, WILLIAM J. GEORGE, RICHARD M. GRAEFF
5 - Na+,K+-ATPase Activity and Cardiac Glycoside Action, Pages 95-112, THEODORE M. BRODY
6 - Effects of Digitalis Glycosides on Myocardial Function, Pages 113-125, R. DOUGLAS WILKERSON
7 - Clinical Pharmacology of Digitalis Glycosides, Pages 127-147, JAMES E. DOHERTY
8 - Physiologic and Pharmacologic Basis for the Use of Vasodilators in Heart Failure, Pages 149-205, KANU CHATTERJEE, THOMAS A. PORTS
Electrophysiologic Evaluation of Potential Antiarrhythmic Drugs, Pages 209-228, JACK K. PRUETT
10 - Electrophysiologic Characteristics of Cardiac Cells and the Genesis of Cardiac Arrhythmias, Pages 229-274, DAVID C. GADSBY, ANDREW L. WIT
11 - Antiarrhythmic Drugs, Pages 275-303, PETER DANILO JR., MICHAEL R. ROSEN
12 - The Clinical Pharmacology of Antiarrhythmic Drugs, Pages 305-332, GEORGE K. MASSING
13 - Myocardial Metabolism, Pages 335-359, MICHAEL J. ROVETTO
14 - Evaluation of Drug Effects on Coronary Blood Flow and Cardiac Oxygen Consumption, Pages 361-385, JAMES M. DOWNEY, DOUGLAS F. MUNCH
15 - β-Adrenergic Antagonists in Angina and Myocardial Infarction, Pages 387-414, B.N.C. PRICHARD
16 - Modification of Myocardial Infarct Size by Drugs: Methods for Measuring Infarct Size and Approach to Patient Care, Pages 415-440, RONALD P. KARLSBERG
Index, Pages 441-447