Title: Heart physiology : from cell to circulation /
Authors: Opie, Lionel H.
Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins,
Year: 2004
Subjects: Cardiovascular Physiological Phenomena; Heart Physiology; Heart Metabolism; Heart cells.; Heart physiology; Coronary Circulation physiology
Abstract: Integrates cellular and subcellular elements of cardiovascular physiology in the analysis of physiologic and pathophysiologic responses. In straightforward terms, with more than 600 diagrams and illustrations, the book explains the key principles crucial to understanding how the cardiovascular system and its components function and malfunction. For this edition, Dr. Opie has enlisted eight internationally eminent co-authors and added a new chapter on cell signaling. The chapters on physiology of the ECG and arrhythmias contain many more ECGs. More than half of the illustrations-including 12 color plates-are new.
Contents: Foreword / Eugene Braunwald -- Foreword / Arnold M. Katz -- From the Introduction to the First Edition / Richard J. Bing -- 1. Introductory Cardiovascular Concepts -- 2. Control of the Circulation -- 3. Heart Cells and Organelles -- 4. Channels, Pumps, and Exchangers -- 5. Pacemakers, Conduction System, and Electrocardiogram / Lionel H. Opie and James M. Downey -- 6. Excitation-Contraction Coupling and Calcium / Lionel H. Opie and Donald M. Bers -- 7. Receptors and Signal Transduction -- 8. Myocardial Contraction and Relaxation / Lionel H. Opie and R. John Solaro -- 9. Signal Systems: Coordinating Life and Death / Lionel H. Opie and Michael M. Sack -- 10. Oxygen Supply: Coronary Flow / Lionel H. Opie and Gerd Heusch -- 11. Fuels: Aerobic and Anaerobic Metabolism / Lonel H. Opie and Gary D. Lopaschuk -- 12. Ventricular Function / Lionel H. Opie and Mark G. Perlroth -- 13. Overload Hypertrophy and Its Molecular Biology -- 14. Blood Pressure and Peripheral Circulation / Lionel H. Opie and David J. Paterson -- 15. Cardiac Output and Exercise / Lionel H. Opie and David J. Paterson -- 16. Heart Failure: Neurohumoral Responses -- 17. Lack of Blood Flow: Ischemia and Angina / Lionel H. Opie and Gerd Heusch -- 18. Acute Coronary Syndromes: Cell Death -- 19. Myocardial Reperfusion: Stunning, Hibernation, and Preconditioning / Lionel H. Opie and Gerd Heusch -- 20. Electricity Out of Control: Arrhythmias.