Microcirculation in Circulatory Disorders

Front Matter....Pages I-XIV
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Microcirculation in Health and Disease....Pages 3-9
Microvascular Flow Disturbances: Rheological Aspects....Pages 11-19
Microvascular Regulation: Normal Function and Disturbance in Disease....Pages 21-32
Oxygen Delivery and Microcirculation in the Brain....Pages 33-50
Microvascular Permeability: Its Disturbance in Disease....Pages 51-62
Microcirculation Dysfunction in an Environment of Weightlessness....Pages 63-67
Front Matter....Pages 69-69
How Hyperoxemia May Lead to Ischemia in Multiple Organs and Possibly to Organ Failure....Pages 71-77
Multiple Organ Failure in Low Cardiac Output Syndrome After Cardiac Surgery....Pages 79-84
Deteriorating Defense Mechanism for Bacterial Infection and High Incidence of Endotoxemia in Surgical Patients Developing MOF....Pages 85-93
Prediction and Diagnosis of Low Cardiac Output Syndrome After Open-Heart Surgery: An Echocardiographic Study....Pages 95-101
The Effect of Multiple Organ Failure on the Regulation of the Circulation with Special Reference to the Microcirculation....Pages 103-108
Hemorheological and Coagulofibrinolytic Aspects in Multiple Organ Failure After Open Heart Surgery....Pages 109-116
Organ Failure and Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation....Pages 117-124
Microrheological Aspects: Their Crucial Role in Multiple Organ Failure....Pages 125-137
Histopathological Study of Multiple Organ Failure Following Open Heart Surgery....Pages 139-146
Multiple Organ Failure: Clinical Implications to Macro- and Microcirculation....Pages 147-157
Front Matter....Pages 159-159
Structural Alterations of Mucosal Microvascular System in Human Chronic Gastritis....Pages 161-169
Chemical Mediators in Ethanol-Induced Increased Jejunal Microvascular Permeability....Pages 171-178
Gastric Microvascular Effects of the Pro-ulcerogenic Mediator PAF-Acether....Pages 179-187
Gastric Microcirculatory Changes Associated with Physicochemical and Ionic Mediators....Pages 189-194
Front Matter....Pages 159-159
Metabolic and Myogenic Control of Gastric Mucosal Blood Flow....Pages 195-204
Leukocyte Adherence in Hepatic Microcirculation in Ischemia Reperfusion....Pages 205-213
Role of the Hepatic Microcirculation in the Pathogenesis and Development of Alcoholic Liver Disease: Possible Involvement of Hyper-catecholaminemia in Alcoholic Liver Damage....Pages 215-220
Abnormalities in the Hepatic Sinusoids: Pathological Basis of Self-perpetuation of Liver Cirrhosis....Pages 221-233
Observation of Microcirculatory Disorders of the Hemorrhagic Rat Liver by Use of Fluorescence-Stained Gamma Globulins....Pages 235-244
Front Matter....Pages 245-245
Cerebral Hemoconcentration Following Blood Flow Reduction in the Gerbil....Pages 247-251
Plasma and Red Blood Cell in Focal Cerebral Ischemia: Differential Visualization with Double Fluorescence Technique....Pages 253-255
Cerebral Blood Volume Reactivity to Hypercapnia Measured by 11 C-Labeled Carboxyhemoglobin and Positron Emission Tomography....Pages 257-258
Capillary Density in Stroke Regions of the Living Human Brain....Pages 259-261
SPECT Measurements of Regional Cerebral Blood Flow, Blood Volume, and Hematocrit in Stroke....Pages 263-265
Endothelium-Dependent Relaxing Factors in Brain Microvessels....Pages 267-270
Role of Oxygen Free Radicals in Focal Brain Ischemia....Pages 271-272
Microcirculatory and Ionic Responses to Ischemia in the Mongolian Gerbil....Pages 273-276
Postischemic Hyperemia....Pages 277-279
Remote Hyperemia After Focal Cerebral Ischemia: Disinhibition Mechanism of Remote Hyperemia....Pages 281-283
Cerebral Hyperemia and Breakthrough During Hypertension....Pages 285-287
Maintenance of Constant Cerebral Blood Volume by Veni-Arterial Reflex....Pages 289-291
Bordering Zone Hyperemia and Glucose Metabolism in Experimental Cerebral Ischemia....Pages 293-294
Front Matter....Pages 295-295
Influence of Myocardial Contraction on Coronary Microcirculation: Techniques and Results....Pages 297-305
Changes in Coronary Microcirculation in Acute Ischemia....Pages 307-313
Front Matter....Pages 295-295
Flow Characteristics in Poststenotic Regions of the Human Coronary Artery Assessed by 20-MHz 80-Channel Pulsed Doppler Velocimetry....Pages 315-322
Coronary Collateral Circulation in Acute and Chronic Myocardial Ischemia....Pages 323-325
Granulocyte Capillary Plugging in Myocardial Ischemia....Pages 327-335
Nonesterified Fatty Acid Metabolism and Membrane Disorders in Myocardial Ischemia and Reperfusion....Pages 337-346
Hemodynamic Factors Influencing Regional Ischemia and Infarction of the Myocardium: Difference Between Right and Left Ventricular Myocardial Infarction....Pages 347-353
Chronic Changes in the Canine Myocardium After Coronary Microembolization....Pages 355-363
Stenosis of Intramyocardial Small Arteries in Hearts with Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy and Hypertensive Hearts....Pages 365-371
Front Matter....Pages 373-373
Microcirculatory Studies on Epidural Spinal Cord Electrical Stimulation in Patients with Severe Lower Limb Ischemia....Pages 375-378
Microcirculation of Canine Hindlimbs in Hemorrhagic Hypotension....Pages 379-384
Impaired Microcirculation in Patients with Peripheral Vascular Disease: Pathophysiological and Therapeutic Aspects....Pages 385-388
Nailfold Capillary Abnormalities in Patients with Connective Tissue Diseases....Pages 389-394
The Interaction of Immune Complexes in Microcirculatory Impairment in Patients with Vasculitis....Pages 395-399
Decubital Ulcers of Pads Induced by Hyperlipidemia in the Rabbit....Pages 401-408
Microangiopathy in Diabetes Mellitus....Pages 409-418
Microcirculation in Diabetic Gangrene....Pages 419-424
Front Matter....Pages 425-425
Regulation of Plasma Membrane Ca-Pump ATPase of Vascular Smooth Muscle by cGMP....Pages 427-431
Molecular Regulation of Calcium, Calmodulin-Dependent Myosin Phosphorylation....Pages 433-437
Erythrocyte Aggregation Induced by Immunoglobulin G and Related Macromolecules Studied with Rheoscope-Image Analyzer-Computer System....Pages 439-444
Blood Pressure in Mesenteric Microvessels of Normotensive and Hypertensive Rats: Application of a Servo-Nulling Micropressure System....Pages 445-450
Analysis of Diameter and Flow Velocity Changes in Small Pulmonary Vessels During Regional Alveolar Hypercapnia....Pages 451-456
Front Matter....Pages 425-425
Measuring the Dimensions of a Thin Cylindrical Vessel by Processing Ultrasonic Reflections with an MEM Cepstrum....Pages 457-462
Alterations in Membrane Fluidity of Hypertension Determined by an Electron Spin Resonance Method....Pages 463-470
Assessment of Systemic and Regional Blood Flows with the Radioactive Microsphere-Reference Sample Method in Rats....Pages 471-476
Angiotensin Converting Enzyme Activity in Brain Microvessels of Rats....Pages 477-480
Assessment of the Adequacy of Mucosal Oxygenation in Patients with Intraluminally Located Silicone Tonomitors....Pages 481-487
Comparative Studies on Microcirculation of the Pancreas in Anesthetized and Conscious Dogs....Pages 489-493
Cerebral Microvascular Reserve for Hyperemia....Pages 495-497
Correlation of Conjunctival Oxygen Tension with Carotid Artery Blood Flow During Hemorrhagic Hypotension....Pages 499-502
Changes in Cerebral Regional Blood Flow and Tissue Oxygen Tension During Hemorrhagic Shock and Post-Cerebral Circulatory Arrest....Pages 503-509
A Combined Method for Immunohistochemistry and Autoradiographic Measurement of Focal Cerebral Blood Flow in Investigation of Pathophysiological Roles of Microcirculation in Cerebral Ischemia....Pages 511-516
Evaluation of the Behavior of Cerebral Blood Flow and Hemorheological Parameters with Infusions of Hydroxyethyl Starch and Low Molecular Weight Dextran in Normal Baboons....Pages 517-524
Evaluation of Blood Flow Velocity Waveforms in Intramyocardial Artery and Vein by Laser Doppler Velocimeter with an Optical Fiber....Pages 525-528
Determinants of Myocardial Oxygen Demand: Total Mechanical Energy and Contractility....Pages 529-534
Pathophysiology of Acute Embolization of Small Coronary Arteries: Detrimental Effects of Oxygen-Free Radicals....Pages 535-541
Back Matter....Pages 543-551