Cardiovascular Complications of Liver Disease

Cover
Title
Copyright
Preface
The Editors
Contributors
Table of Contents
Chapter 1 The Cardiovascular Complications of Cirrhosis — A History
Chapter 2 Animal Models of Liver Disease
Chapter 3 The Renin-Angiotensin-Aldosterone System in Liver Disease
Chapter 4 Autonomic Nervous Function in Liver Disease
Chapter 5 The Heart in Liver Disease
Chapter 6 The Pulmonary Circulation in Liver Disease
Chapter 7 Renal Circulation and Pathogenesis of Functional Renal Failure in Cirrhosis
Chapter 8 Hepatic Circulation in Cirrhosis
Chapter 9 Splanchnic Hemodynamics in Acute and Chronic Portal Hypertension
Chapter 10 Vascular Reactivity in Liver Disease
Chapter 11 Oxygen Transport and Consumption in Cirrhosis
Chapter 12 The Cerebral Circulation in Liver Failure
Chapter 13 Deranged Volume Homeostasis in Liver Disease
Chapter 14 Effects of Jaundice on Body Fluid Volume
Chapter 15 ANF and Its Role in Sodium Retention in Cirrhosis
Chapter 16 Alcohol-Induced Increase in Portal Blood Flow — Mechanism, Interaction with Anesthetics, and Clinical Implications
Chapter 17 Effects of Vasoactive Drugs on the Systemic and Splanchnic Circulation
Chapter 18 Drugs Acting on the Renin-Angiotensin-Aldosterone System
Chapter 19 Vasopressin and Somatostatin—Hemodynamic Effects, Efficacy, and Complications in the Treatment of Acute Variceal Bleeding
Conclusions
Index