Cellular Interactions in Cardiac Pathophysiology

Front Matter....Pages i-1
Front Matter....Pages 3-3
Role of early reperfusion in the induction of adhesion molecules and cytokines in previously ischemic myocardium....Pages 5-12
Importance of monocytes/macrophages and fibroblasts for healing of micronecroses in porcine myocardium....Pages 13-19
Cell-cell and cell-matrix adhesion molecules in human heart and lung transplants....Pages 21-27
Progression of heart failure: A role for interstitial fibrosis....Pages 29-34
Chronic hibernating myocardium: Interstitial changes....Pages 35-42
Differences between atrial and ventricular protein profiling in children with congenital heart disease....Pages 43-49
Ventricular remodeling: insights from pharmacologic interventions with angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors....Pages 51-55
Factors involved in capillary growth in the heart....Pages 57-68
Biomechanical signals in the coronary artery triggering the metabolic processes during cardiac overload....Pages 69-73
Front Matter....Pages 75-75
Oxidative stress and heart failure....Pages 77-81
Structural and biochemical remodelling in catecholamine-induced cardiomyopathy: comparative and ontogenetic aspects....Pages 83-88
Angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors, left ventricular hypertrophy and fibrosis....Pages 89-97
Influence of global ischemia on the sarcolemmal ATPases in the rat heart....Pages 99-103
Response of the rat heart to catecholamines and thyroid hormones....Pages 105-114
On the mechanism and possible therapeutic application of delayed adaptation of the heart to stress situations....Pages 115-122
Ischaemic preconditioning in the rat heart: The role of G-proteins and adrenergic stimulation....Pages 123-128
Adaptation of the heart to ischemia by preconditioning: Effects on energy equilibrium properties of sarcolemmal ATPases and release of cardioprotective proteins....Pages 129-137
Inhibition of cardiac sarcolemma Na + -K + ATPase by oxyradical generating systems....Pages 139-144
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Alterations of β-adrenoceptor-G-protein-regulated adenylyl cyclase in heart failure....Pages 147-160
Immunocytochemical studies of the G i Protein mediated muscarinic receptor-adenylyl cyclase system....Pages 161-168
Front Matter....Pages 145-145
Renaissance of cytochemical localization of membrane ATPases in the myocardium....Pages 169-172
Effects of selective α lA -adrenoceptor antagonists on reperfusion arrhythmias in isolated rat hearts....Pages 173-180
The role of catecholamines on intercellular coupling, myocardial cell synchronization and self ventricular defibrillation....Pages 181-185
Inhibition of (Na/K)-ATPase by electrophilic substances: Functional implications....Pages 187-192
Back Matter....Pages 193-198