Myocardial Injury

Front Matter....Pages i-x
The Possibility of Propagation between Myocardial Cells not Connected by Low-Resistance Pathways....Pages 1-23
Effects of Injury on the Structure of Intercellular Junctions in Cardiac Muscle....Pages 25-35
Modulation of Junctional Permeability in Cardiac Fibers....Pages 37-59
The Role of Cell-to-Cell Coupling in Cardiac Conduction Disturbances....Pages 61-77
A Model Study of the Effect of the Intercalated Discs on Discontinuous Propagation in Cardiac Muscle....Pages 79-89
Beta-Adrenergic Stimulation of Adenylate Cyclase and Alpha-Adrenergic Inhibition of Adenylate Cyclase: GTP-Binding Proteins as Macromolecular Messengers....Pages 91-111
Agonist Regulation of the Muscarinic Cholinergic Receptor in Embryonic Chick Heart....Pages 113-141
Development and Regulation of Cardiac Muscarinic Acetylcholine Receptor Number, Function and Gyanyl Nucleotide Sensitivity....Pages 143-158
Regional Distribution of Choline Acetyltransferase Activity and Multiple Affinity forms of the Muscarinic Receptor in Heart....Pages 159-178
Neurochemical Indices of Autonomic Innervation of Heart in Different Experimental Models of Heart Failure....Pages 179-198
Mechanical and Contractile Properties of Isolated Single Intact Cardiac Cells....Pages 199-216
Studies of Substrate Metabolism in Isolated Myocytes....Pages 217-230
Ion Movements in Adult Rat Heart Myocytes....Pages 231-248
Cardiac Muscle Cell Proliferation and Cell Differentiation in Vivo and in Vitro....Pages 249-265
Radionuclide Ventriculography to Evaluate Myocardial Function....Pages 267-303
Energy Production and Utilization in Contractile Failure Due to Intracellular Calcium Overload....Pages 305-316
Aortic Perfusion Pressure and Protein Synthesis....Pages 317-325
The Effect of 5-Hydroxytryptamine and Arterial Blood Withdrawal on Cerebral Microcirculation in the Cat, Arterial Permeability in the Rabbit....Pages 327-345
Lipid Peroxidation and Acute Myocardial Ischemia....Pages 347-363
Oxygen Radicals and Vascular Damage....Pages 365-375
Mediation of Sarcoplasmic Reticulum Disruption in the Ischemic Myocardium: Proposed Mechanism by the Interaction of Hydrogen Ions and Oxygen Free Radicals....Pages 377-389
Potential Oxidative Pathways of Catecholamines in the Formation of Lipid Peroxides and Genesis of Heart Disease....Pages 391-401
High Energy Phosphates, Anaerobic Glycolysis and Irreversibility in Ischemia....Pages 403-419
Membrane Damage in Ischemia....Pages 421-431
Intracellular Calcium Homeostasis with Extrapolations to Cardiac Ischemia....Pages 433-456
The Role of Heart Binding Antibodies in Rheumatic Fever....Pages 457-470
Humoral Immunity and Heart Disease: Postpericardiotomy Syndrome....Pages 471-478
Cell-Mediated Immune Injury to the Heart....Pages 479-489
Cellular Immune Mechanisms in Coxsackievirus Group B, Type 3 Induced Myocarditis in Balb/C Mice....Pages 491-508
A Molecular Biologic Approach to Cardiac Toxicology....Pages 509-518
Anthracycline Cardiotoxicity....Pages 519-532
Allylamine Cardiotoxicity: Metabolism and Mechanism....Pages 533-541
Cardiovascular Toxicity of Ionophores Used as Feed Additives....Pages 543-561
Sensitivity and Resistance of the Myocardium to the Toxicity of Isoproterenol in Rats....Pages 563-577
Electrocardiographic Monitoring in Toxicological Studies: Principles and Interpretations....Pages 579-607
Back Matter....Pages 609-612