The Heart in Hypertension: A Tribute to Robert Tarazi (1925–1986)

Front Matter....Pages I-XIV
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
A tribute to Robert C. Tarazi, M.D. (1925–1986)....Pages 3-3
The multifaceted aspects of cardiac involvement in hypertension....Pages 5-12
Front Matter....Pages 13-13
Cardiac output in hypertension....Pages 15-25
Haemodynamic development....Pages 27-35
Systemic hemodynamics and aging....Pages 37-45
The hemodynamics of borderline hypertension....Pages 47-66
Systemic hemodynamics in sustained essential and reno-vascular hypertension....Pages 67-78
Systemic hemodynamics in primary aldosteronism....Pages 79-85
Systemic hemodynamics in patients with pheochromocytoma....Pages 87-96
Systemic hemodynamics in renal parenchymal disease....Pages 97-103
Hemodynamics in patients with overweight and hypertension....Pages 105-122
Atherosclerotic hypertension....Pages 123-133
Postmyocardial revascularization hypertension....Pages 135-142
Front Matter....Pages 143-143
Cardiac structure and function in animal models and in human hypertension....Pages 145-164
Volume and cardiac factors in the genesis of mineralocorticoid hypertension in the conscious dog....Pages 165-168
Heart and hypertension: The magnitude of the problem....Pages 169-178
Acute volume expansion and pumping function of the heart in sustained essential hypertension....Pages 179-187
Systolic function and inotropism of the heart in borderline and sustained essential hypertension....Pages 189-200
Left ventricular diastolic function in hypertension....Pages 201-207
The right ventricle and the lesser circulation in essential hypertension....Pages 209-220
Front Matter....Pages 143-143
Management of hypertensive patients with cardiac problems....Pages 221-239
Front Matter....Pages 241-241
Coronary circulation, cardiac hypertrophy, and myocardial ischemia....Pages 243-251
Coronary circulation and coronary reserve in the hypertensive heart....Pages 253-269
Hypertension and coronary atherosclerosis....Pages 271-280
Clinical trials, coronary insufficiency, and large arteries in hypertension....Pages 281-292
Front Matter....Pages 293-293
Left ventricular hypertrophy and its reversion in hypertension....Pages 295-300
Regression of cardiac hypertrophy: Experimental animal model....Pages 301-308
Cardiac structure and function after treatment with adrenergic blocking agents....Pages 309-323
Cardiac structure and function after vasodilating drugs (dihydralazine-minoxidil)....Pages 325-331
The effect of converting enzyme inhibitors on the hemodynamic profile of hypertension....Pages 333-339
Cardiovascular structure and function after treatment with calcium entry inhibitors in hypertension....Pages 341-346
Front Matter....Pages 347-347
Baroreceptor mechanisms and the control of vascular resistance....Pages 349-361
Structural changes of small resistance vessels in essential hypertension....Pages 363-370
Hemodynamic response to exercise in hypertension and its modulation by anti-hypertensive therapy....Pages 371-394
Reversion of cardiac, arteriolar and arterial changes following antihypertensive treatment....Pages 395-415
Front Matter....Pages 417-417
The heart in hypertension: mechanical and humoral factors....Pages 419-429
Back Matter....Pages 431-436