Endocrinology of the Heart

Front Matter....Pages I-XII
Introduction....Pages 1-1
Morphology of the Myoendocrine Cardiac Cell and Extra-Auricular Systems Producing Cardiac Hormones....Pages 3-26
Biochemistry of the Differential Release, Processing and Degradation of Cardiac and Related Peptide Hormones....Pages 27-40
Intrarenal Mechanisms of Action of Atrial Natriuretic Factor....Pages 41-45
Mechanism of Action of Atrial Natriuretic Factor in the Adrenal Gland....Pages 46-52
Atrial Natriuretic Peptide and the Renin-Angiotensin-Aldosterone-System....Pages 53-59
Interaction between ANP and the Sympathetic Activity....Pages 60-69
Atrial Peptides in the Endocrine Control of Fluid and Cardiovascular Homeostasis....Pages 70-77
Natriuretic Hormones: Endogenous Na-K-ATPase Inhibitor(s) and Atrial Natriuretic Peptide....Pages 78-84
Atrial Natriuretic Peptide in Heart Failure....Pages 85-89
The Atrial Natriuretic Peptide in Human Hypertension....Pages 90-98
Atrial Natriuretic Peptide: Protective Effects in Acute Renal Failure....Pages 99-105
ANP and Volume Regulation in Liver Cirrhosis....Pages 106-111
Atrial Natriuretic Peptide and Chronic Renal Failure....Pages 112-117
Pharmacological Modification of the ANP System....Pages 118-125
Thyroid Hormones and the Heart....Pages 127-135
Molecular Biology of Tissue Renin....Pages 136-146
Catecholamines, Adrenergic Receptors and Exercise Capacity in Trained Subjects and in Coronary Heart Disease....Pages 147-157
Is the Hypothalamus Involved in the Regulation of the Kidney Excretory Function and ANP Secretion in Chronically Sodium-Loaded Rats?....Pages 159-162
Regulation of Rat Vascular ANP Receptors during Chronic Salt-Loading....Pages 163-165
Renal Function after Renal Ischemia in Dogs Infused with Atrial Natriuretic Peptide (ANP)....Pages 165-167
Atrial Natriuretic Peptide (ANP) Protects Cells against Injury by Hypoxia and Hypochlorous Acid....Pages 167-170
Atrial Natriuretic Factor Protects against Angiotensin II — Induced Deterioration in Isolated Working Rat Hearts....Pages 170-171
Does Atrial Natriuretic Factor (ANF) Affect Changes of Myocardial Extracellular K + and H + Concentrations ([K + ] e ; [H + ] e ) and Noradrenaline (NA) Release During Global Ischaemia (GI)?....Pages 172-173
The Roles of Atrial Natriuretic Peptide (ANP) and of Dopamine Receptors in Mediating the Natriuresis during Head-Out Water Immersion of Healthy Subjects....Pages 174-176
Increased Sympathetic Stimulation Does Not Increase Plasma Levels of Human Atrial Natriuretic Factor....Pages 177-178
Hemodynamic and Diuretic Effects of Two Consecutive Bolus Applications of Atrial Natriuretic Peptide (α-hANP) in Healthy Volunteers....Pages 178-181
Circadian Rhythm of Atrial Natriuretic Peptide in Normal Subjects....Pages 181-183
Effect of Low-Dose ANF Infusion on Renin and Aldosterone Secretion in Man....Pages 183-185
Basal and Exercise Plasma Levels of Atrial Natriuretic Peptide and Noradrenaline in Congestive Heart Failure....Pages 186-188
Plasma Norepinephrine and Atrial Natriuretic Peptide Levels During Exercise Stress Test of Patients with Ischemic Heart Disease....Pages 188-190
Plasma Levels of Atrial Natriuretic Peptide (ANP) and Hemodynamics During Rest and Exercise....Pages 190-192
Diagnostic Value of Plasma Levels of Atrial Natriuretic Peptide (ANP) in Different Cardiac Diseases....Pages 193-195
Cyclic Guanosine Monophosphate Concentrations in Type 1 Diabetic Patients in Different Stages of Diabetic Nephropathy....Pages 195-197
Atrial Natriuretic Peptide as a Humoral Marker in 157 Children with Congenital Heart Diseases....Pages 197-200
Atrial Natriuretic Peptide and Atrial Size....Pages 200-201
Neurohormonal and Hemodynamic Data in Patients with Dilated Cardiomyopathy Depending on Inotropic and Lusitropic Abnormalities....Pages 202-205
Elevated Levels of ANF in Patients with Mitral Valve Prolapse....Pages 206-207
Water Immersion Induced Atrial Natriuretic Peptide (ANP) Secretion in Heart Transplant Patients....Pages 208-209
Right Atrial Inversion Causes Increased ANF Secretion During Cardiopulmonary Bypass....Pages 210-211
Renal Resistance against Atrial Natriuretic Peptide in Congestive Heart Failure: Effect of ACE Inhibition....Pages 211-214
Atrial Natriuretic Peptide in Patients with Essential Hypertension: Effects on Systemic and Renal Hemodynamics and Renal Excretory Function....Pages 214-222
Atrial Natriuretic Peptide in Pulmonary Embolism....Pages 222-223
A Cross-Sectional Study of Atrial Natriuretic Peptide (ANP) in Renal Transplant Recipients....Pages 224-225
Artrial Natriuretic Peptide Concentrations in Preeclampsia....Pages 226-228
Renal and Hormonal Reactions During Water Immersion in Healthy Pregnant Women and Patients with EPH-Gestosis....Pages 228-230
Atrial Natriuretisches Peptid vor und nach der Entbindung....Pages 230-232
Calcium-Calmodulinantagonists Influence Release of Cardiodilatin/ANP from Atrial Cardiocytes....Pages 233-234
Calcium-Calmodulin Antagonists Influence Content of Catecholamines in Cardiac Sympathetic Axons and Adrenal Medulla....Pages 235-236
Beeinflußt Nifedipin die Sekretion von Atrialem Natriuretischem Peptid (ANP) während Wasserimmersion?....Pages 236-239
No Effects of Calcium Channel Blockers on the Secretion of Human Atrial Natriuretic Peptide: Studies with Nifedipine, Gallopamil and Flunarizine....Pages 239-241
Effect of Nifedipine on Plasma ANP-Levels and Pulmonary Hemodynamics in Patients with Pulmonary Hypertension During Exercise....Pages 241-243
Influence of Captopril and Nitrendipine on ANF — Renin — Aldosterone Relationships During Low and High Salt Diet....Pages 244-246
Human Atrial Natriuretic Peptide in Active Acromegaly: Effects on Hormonal, Metabolic, Hemodynamic, and Renal Parameters....Pages 247-249
Human Atrial Natriuretic Peptide (hANP): Its Action on Renal Function and the Excretion of Membrane Marker Proteins of the Proximal Tubule in Patients with Active and Inactive Acromegaly....Pages 249-251
Heart Size Reduction in Acromegalic Patientes Treated with the Long-Acting Somatostatin-Analogue SMS 201–995 (Somatostatin®)....Pages 251-253
The Cardiac Effects of T 3 on Ca Dependent Electrical Activities During β-Adrenoceptor Stimulation and Inhibition....Pages 254-255
Left Ventricular Diastolic Function in Acute Hypothyroidism....Pages 256-257
24-Hour ECG-Monitoring in Hyperthyroidism....Pages 258-260
Effects of Propranolol Isomers in Hyperthyroid and Euthyroid Patients....Pages 260-261
The Effect of Treatment with Propranolol, Verapamil and Dantrolene on the in vitro Performance of the Hyperthyroid Rat Heart....Pages 261-263
Radioimmunoassay of Plasma and Urinary Norepinephrine....Pages 264-265
The β 2 -Adrenoceptor Subpopulation and Its Contribution to Force Generation in Human Ventricular Myocardium....Pages 266-270
Efficacy of Alpha-Methyldopa in Ventricular Arrhythmias by Decrease of Sympathetic Activity....Pages 270-273
Hemodynamic Effects of Amrinone and Changes in Norepinephrine (NE) Plasma Concentration....Pages 274-275
Catecholamine-Induced Cardiomyopathy Caused by Abuse of Ephedrine....Pages 275-277
Cardiac Function in Adrenal Insufficiency — An Echocardiographic Study....Pages 278-279
Atrial Natriuretic Peptide (ANP) in Syndrome of Inappropriate Antidiuretic Hormone Secretion (SIADH)....Pages 279-281
Effects of Vasopressin on the Canine Coronary Circulation: Evidence for a Small Vessel Constrictor Action and Modulation of Vascular Control....Pages 282-282
Angiotensin I Forming Angiotensinogenases (Renin-Like Enzymes) in the Heart — Evidence for Their Location in the Coronaries....Pages 283-284
Regulation of Atrial Natriuretic Peptide in Primary Aldosteronism and in Cushing’s Disease....Pages 284-287
Back Matter....Pages 289-291