Hypertension: Mechanisms and Management

Front Matter....Pages I-XVII
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Circulatory Neurohormones in Primary Hypertension: Probes in Etiology and Treatment....Pages 3-10
Plasma Catecholamine Levels and the Renin-Angiotensin-System in Subjects with Borderline Hypertension....Pages 11-14
Sympathetic Nervous Activity, Noradrenaline Reactivity, and Blood Pressure Control....Pages 15-21
Cardiovascular Pressor Reactivity as Related to Plasma Catecholamines: Role in the Pathogenesis of Essential Hypertension and in the Antihypertensive Mechanism of Diuretic Treatment....Pages 23-36
Blunting of Beta-Adrenoceptor-Mediated Cardiovascular Responses and Increasing Alpha-Receptor-Mediated Vasoconstriction: An Age-Dependent Transformation of Essential Hypertension....Pages 37-48
Patterns of Noradrenaline and Renin in Essential Hypertension — Effects of Stress and Therapy....Pages 49-54
Catecholamines, Isometric Exercise and Left Ventricular Function....Pages 55-63
Plasma Noradrenaline as an Index of Sympathetic Activity....Pages 65-71
Front Matter....Pages 73-73
The Central Peptidergic Stimulation Syndrome: A Role for Brain Peptides in Central Mechanisms of Blood Pressure Regulation....Pages 75-82
Glandular Adenylate Cyclase System in Genetic Hypertension — Age-Dependent Response to Catecholamines....Pages 83-90
Effects of Somatostatin on Pressor Responsiveness to Angiotensin and Catecholamines in Essential Hypertension....Pages 91-98
Acute Effects of Labetalol on Haemodynamics and Response to Emotional Stress in Hypertensive Patients....Pages 99-109
Round Table Discussion: Does the Renin-Angiotensin System Play a Signigicant Role in Human Hypertension?....Pages 111-138
Front Matter....Pages 139-139
Renal Vasodepressor Hormones: The Kallikrein-Kinin and Prostaglandin Systems....Pages 141-147
Plasma Kallikrein as an Activator of Inactive Renin (“Prorenin”) — Studies In-Vitro and In-Vivo....Pages 149-162
Urinary Kallikrein Activity in Rats with Renovascular Hypertension....Pages 163-168
Enhanced Parotid Kallikrein Secretion in Essential, Adrenal Hypertension and in Advanced Renal Failure — Inverse Relationship to Sodium Excretion....Pages 169-182
Identification of Angiotensin II- and Kinin-Dependent Mechanisms in Essential Hypertension....Pages 183-191
Front Matter....Pages 193-193
Interactions Between Angiotensin II and ACTH on the Human Adrenal Gland....Pages 195-205
Disturbed Regulation of Aldosterone and Sodium Excretion in a Subgroup of Essential Hypertensives....Pages 207-217
Front Matter....Pages 193-193
Studies on the Influence of Salt and Water Balance and Blood Pressure Regulation in Hypertensive Patients....Pages 219-227
Front Matter....Pages 229-229
An Overview of the National High Blood Pressure Education Program in the United States....Pages 231-244
Campaigns Against High Blood Pressure in Switzerland and the National Research Program 1 “Methodology of Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Diseases”....Pages 245-251
Rundtisch-Gespräch: Möglichkeiten der Hypertonieintervention in Deutschland....Pages 253-275
Back Matter....Pages 277-281