Endocrinology of the Heart

Starting with the morphology of the myoendocrine cell and the biochemistry and physiology of cardiac hor mones, the book describes pathophysiological findings and discuss their clinical relevance in congestive heart failure, arterial hypertension, renal insufficiency, and cirrhosis of the liver. Furthermore, evidence is presented for the role of the heart as a target organ for various endocrine factors such as thyroid hormones, catecholamines, renin-angiotensin, growth hormones and endogenous opioids.

Contenu
Atrial Natriuretic Peptide: Morphology and Physiology.- Atrial Natriuretic Peptide: Pathophysiological and Clinical Relevance.- The Heart as a Target Organ.- Short Communications ANP: Experimental Studies.- ANP in Healthy Volunteers.- ANP and Cardiac Diseases.- ANP and the Kidney.- ANP and Pregnancy.- ANP and Ca-Antagonists.- The Heart in Acromegaly.- Thyroid Hormones and the Heart.- Sympathetic Activity and the Heart.- The Heart in Various Endocrine Systems.