The Heart in Hypertension

Front Matter....Pages I-XVI
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Experimental Hypertension and Its Significance for Clinical Hypertension....Pages 3-11
Left Ventricular Hypertrophy in Chronic Pressure Load Due to Spontaneous Essential Hypertension I. Left Ventricular Function, Left Ventricular Geometry, and Wall Stress....Pages 13-35
Left Ventricular Hypertrophy in Chronic Pressure Load Due to Spontaneous Essential Hypertension II. Contractility of the Isolated Left Ventricular Myocardium and Left Ventricular Stiffness....Pages 37-52
Systemic Hemodynamics and Cardiac Function in the Spontaneously Hypertensive Rat: Similarities with Essential Hypertension....Pages 53-71
Reversal of Cardiac Hypertrophy by Antihypertensive Therapy....Pages 75-87
Left Ventricular Dynamics and Myocardial Function in Goldblatt Hypertension of the Rat Biochemical, Morphological and Electrophysiological Correlates....Pages 89-107
Catecholamines in Experimental and Essential Hypertension....Pages 109-121
Front Matter....Pages 123-123
Cardiac Myosin in Heart Overloading....Pages 125-130
Properties of Myocardial Myosin in Left Ventricular Hypertrophy Due to Spontaneous Essential Hypertension in Rats....Pages 131-141
Cross Bridge Mechanics in the Heart Muscle of Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats....Pages 143-151
The Utilization of Energy by the Myocardium Hypertrophied Secondary to Pressure Overload....Pages 153-163
Coronary Haemodynamics, and Myocardial Adenosine Release Under the Influence of Digitalis Glycosides (Digoxin)....Pages 165-179
Microscopic Pathology of Heart Muscle and of Coronary Arteries in Arterial Hypertension....Pages 183-191
Microscopic Pathology of Intramural Coronary Arteries and Arterioles of the Left Ventricle in Arterial Hypertension....Pages 193-208
Reduced Coronary Reserve and Ultrastructural Changes of the Myocardium in Patients with Angina Pectoris, Arterial Hypertension, and Normal Coronary Arteries....Pages 209-220
Front Matter....Pages 221-221
Left Ventricular Hypertrophy in Hypertension: Prognostic and Pathogenetic Implications (The Framingham Study)....Pages 223-242
Structural Adaptation of the Heart in Hypertension and the Physical Consequences....Pages 243-249
Performance, Wall Dynamics and Coronary Function of the Left Ventricle in Hypertensive Heart Disease....Pages 251-284
The Pressure-Overloaded Heart: Physiological and Clinical Correlates....Pages 287-306
Effect of Systemic Vasoconstriction on Left Ventricular Function: Implications Regarding Hypertension and Heart Failure....Pages 307-311
Front Matter....Pages 221-221
Ventricular Function and Coronary Hemodynamics Under the Influence of Vasodilating Agents....Pages 313-323
Front Matter....Pages 325-325
Central Haemodynamics in Hypertension at Rest and During Exercise....Pages 327-332
Arterial Hypertension: Left Ventricular Function at Rest and During Exercise....Pages 333-344
Assessment of Left Ventricular Muscle Mass with 201 Thallium Myocardial Imaging....Pages 345-356
Detection of Abnormal Left Ventricular Performance During Early Systole in Patients with Chronic Pressure Overload Due to Systemic Arterial Hypertension....Pages 359-363
Quantitative Echocardiography Analysis of Pharmacological Stress Testing in Essential Hypertension....Pages 365-376
Left Ventricular Relaxation and Filling Pattern in Different Forms of Left Ventricular Hypertrophy....Pages 377-386
Front Matter....Pages 387-387
Impaired Cardiac Performance in Rats with Long-Term Spontaneous Hypertension....Pages 389-399
Pathophysiologic Basis of Antihypertensive Therapy in Man....Pages 401-412
Central Hemodynamics at Rest and During Exercise Following Intravenous Digoxin in Hypertension....Pages 413-422
Beta-Adrenergic Receptor Blockade in the Treatment of Essential Hypertension....Pages 425-435
Beta-Receptor Blockade in the Treatment of Renal Hypertension....Pages 437-443
Left Ventricular and Coronary Response to Beta Receptor Blockade in Essential Hypertension....Pages 445-453
Back Matter....Pages 445-464