Heart & Brain, Brain & Heart

Front Matter....Pages I-XVI
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Spasm of Cerebral and Coronary Vessels: Effects of Calcium Antagonists....Pages 3-19
Opioid Peptides and the Cardiovascular System with Especial Reference to Low Perfusion States....Pages 20-36
Cardiac and Cerebral Effects of Local Anesthetics....Pages 37-50
Neurotoxins as Tools in Studying Cardiac Excitation-Contraction Coupling....Pages 51-61
Adenosine and ATP Interactions with Autonomic Neural Control of the Heart....Pages 62-75
Front Matter....Pages 77-77
Sympathetic Influences on Arrhythmogenesis in the Ischemic Heart....Pages 79-97
Sympathetic Nervous System and Malignant Arrhythmias: Evidence for Further Links....Pages 98-107
Modulation of Cardiac Arrhythmias by the Autonomic Nervous System....Pages 108-119
Supraventricular Tachycardia and the Autonomic Nervous System....Pages 120-130
Heart Rate Changes and ECG Rhythm Disturbances in the Cluster Headache Syndrome....Pages 131-141
Blood Pressure Assessment in a Broad Chronobiologic Perspective....Pages 142-162
Front Matter....Pages 163-163
Mechanisms of Syncope and of Sudden Death Due to Ventricular Tachyarrhythmias....Pages 165-184
Possible Role of the Fear Paralysis Reflex in Sudden Cardiac Death....Pages 185-198
Some Clinical Neurological Aspects of Syncope....Pages 199-201
Differential Diagnosis in Syncope and Epilepsy: Clinical Neurophysiological and Cardiological Aspects....Pages 202-221
Front Matter....Pages 223-223
Thromboembolic Complications in Atrial Fibrillation....Pages 225-229
Echocardiography and Embolic Sources in the Heart....Pages 230-238
 31 P Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy of Cerebral and Cardiac Ischemia....Pages 239-243
Oxygen Radicals in Heart and Brain Tissue Injury....Pages 244-254
Prevention of Ischemic Brain Damage Following Cardiac Arrest....Pages 255-260
Front Matter....Pages 261-261
Influence of Sleep, Activity and Circadian Rhythm on Heart Rate, QT Interval and Cardiac Arrhythmias....Pages 263-271
Pulmonary Hemodynamics in Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndromes....Pages 272-279
Sleep Apnea Syndrome as an Occupational Disease....Pages 280-284
Front Matter....Pages 285-285
Concomitant Manifestations of Disease in the Cardiovascular and Nervous System: An Overview....Pages 287-292
Cardiac Involvement in Kearns-Sayre Syndrome....Pages 293-310
Some Neurological and Hereditary Aspects of Progressive External Ophthalmoplegia and Mitochondrial Encephalomyopathy....Pages 311-317
Neurological and Cardiological Findings in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus....Pages 318-323
Front Matter....Pages 325-325
High Altitude Physiology and Pathophysiology: Medical Observations During the Norwegian Mount Everest Expedition....Pages 327-342
Heart and Brain Under Hyperbaric Conditions in Man....Pages 343-356
Effects of Positive End-Expiratory Pressure Ventilation on Intracranial Pressure and Cerebral Blood Flow....Pages 357-363
Positive End-Expiratory Pressure and Cardiac Function: The Role of Extraventricular Constraint....Pages 364-371
Front Matter....Pages 373-373
Neuromonitoring in High Risk Surgery: Physiological Tolerance Limits for Central Nervous System....Pages 375-404
Monitoring Brain Function During Cardiovascular Surgery: Hypoperfusion vs Microembolism as the Major Cause of Neurological Damage During Cardiopulmonary Bypass....Pages 405-421
Cerebral Blood Flow During Cardiopulmonary Bypass....Pages 422-431
Cerebral Hemodynamics During Nonpulsatile Cardiopulmonary Bypass....Pages 432-439
Cerebral Outcome After Open Heart Surgery: A Long-term Multidimensional Follow-up of Valvular Replacement Patients....Pages 440-451
Cerebral Protection During Open Heart Surgery: Clinical, Psychometric, Enzymological, and Radiological Data....Pages 452-457
Back Matter....Pages 459-470