Cardiac mechano-electric feedback and arrhythmias
Subtitle: from pipette to patient
By: Peter Kohl, Frederick Sachs, Michael R. Franz
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Elsevier Saunders
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Language: eng
Number of pages: 423
ISBN-13: 9781416000341
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Cardiac mechano-electric interactions and the induction & termination of arrhythmia; title: Fundamental Mechanisms of Cardiac Mechano-Electric Feedback; title: Cardiac non-selective stretch-activated cation channels: pathophysiological potential; title: Mechanical modulation of cardiac potassium channels; title: Cell-volume activated ion channels in cardiac cells; title: Contribution of cytoskeleton and lipid bi-layer to cellular mechano-reception; title: The response of cardiac muscle to stretch: role of calcium; title: Stretch-effects on second messengers and early gene expression; title: Cellular Effects of Mechano-Electric Feedback; title: Differential effects of stretch on cardiac cells in diastole and systole; title: Differential effects of stretch and compression of cardiac cells; title: Mechanical modulation of cardiac non-myocyte structure and function; title: Mechanical effects on auto- & paracrine signalling in cardiac myocytes and non-myocytes; title: Stretch effects on connexin expression in cardiac cells; title: Mechano-Electric Feedback in Cardiac Tissue and Whole Heart; title: Mechanical modulation of sino-atrial pacemaking rate; title: Stretch effects on atrial conduction and refractoriness; title: Stretch effects on ventricular conduction and refractoriness; title: Neuro-humoral modulation of cardiac mechano-electric interactions; title: Mechanically-induced repolarization dispersion and the mechanical vulnerable period; title: Experimental arrhythmogenesis by acute mechanical stimulation (Commotio cordis); title: Specific stretch-channel blockers: a new class of anti-arrhythmic drugs; title: Clinical Evidence for Cardiac Mechano-Electric Feedback in Man; title: Non-neuronal component of respiratory sinus arrhythmia; title: Induction of arrhythmias by precordial impact; title: Arrhythmogenesis during cardiac catheterisation; title: Role of transmural gradients in mechano-electric interactions; title: Hemodynamic unloading and termination of arrhythmias; title: Bypass-induced ventricular load changes and action potential configuration; title: Termination of ventricular arrhythmia by acute mechanical interventions; title: Clinical Relevance of Cardiac Mechano-Electric Feedback; title: Cardiac mechanics and the ECG U-wave; title: Arrhythmias in ischaemic heart disease in linkage with regional wall motion abnormalities; title: Arrhythmogenic potential of dysynergy of ventricular mechanics in patients with heart failure and wide QRS complex; title: Bi-ventricular pacing as a new treatment modality to restore ventricular synchronization; title: Atrial fibrillation in dilated cardiomyopathy; title: The angiotensin-renin pathway in left ventricular hypertrophy and SCD; title: Volume and pressure overload and ventricular arrhythmogenesis; title: Mortality from heart failure: haemodynamic versus electrical causes; title: Passive ventricular constraint: new treatment concept for dilated cardiomyopathy; title: Mechanical modulation of defibrillation efficacy by preload changes; title: Mechanical advances in cardiopulmonary resuscitation; title: Clinical Trials Evaluating Survival Benefits by Ventricular Unloading or Resynchronization; title: Effects of bi-ventricular pacing on cardiac mortality and arrhythmias - the Companion trial; title: InSync Trial; title: Counter-pulsation and cardiac assist devices.; title: New intra-ventricular chamber reduction devices (Percutaneous catheter mediated endocardial ventriculoplasty for patients with heart failure).; title: Ventricular restraint study and reverse re-modeling in patients.; title: Evolving concepts in measuring ventricular stress-strain relations in the human heart Index