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Natriuretic Peptides : The Hormones of the Heart / edited by Aldo Clerico, Michele Emdin
Contributor(s): Resource type: Ressourcentyp: Buch (Online)Book (Online)Language: English Series: SpringerLink BücherPublisher: Milano : Springer-Verlag Italia, 2006Description: Online-Ressource (XIV, 184 p, digital)ISBN:- 9788847004986
- 616.12
- 612/.015756
- 610
- RC681-688.2
- QP572.A82
- QU 68
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Summary: Modern cardiovascular science has produced a revolutionary new idea: the heart acts not merely as a pump, but as a 'gland', that is as a regulator of circulatory homeostasis and salt-water balance. This book combines the classical heamodynamic view with the new neuro-hormonal paradigm, in all its potential clinical implications. The book will interest physiologists and clinicians involved in the study of the cardiovascular system and care of heart patients.Summary: " The rapid knowledge in the field of neuro-humoral regulation of cardiovascular pathophysiology is changing the picture of current diagnosis and treatment of cardiac patients. The emerging conceptual revolutionary idea is that heart acts not as a pump, merely, but as a ""gland"", that is as a regulator of circulatory homeostasis and salt-water balance. Cardiovascular pathophysiology has to be written, indeed, on this basis: this physiology textbook gives an up-to-date description of the complexity and novelty of actual knowledge, with all its potential clinical implications."PPN: PPN: 1646631013Package identifier: Produktsigel: ZDB-1-SMI | ZDB-2-SME
CONTENTS; About the Authors; Abbreviations; 1 Historical Background and Book Aim; 2 The Heart Complexity - The Intrinsic Function (Intrinsic Regulation of Heart Rate and Mechanics); 3 The Cardiac Natriuretic Hormone System; 4 Cardiac Natriuretic Hormones as Markers of Cardiovascular Disease: Methodological Aspects; 5 Clinical Considerations and Applications in Cardiac Diseases; 6 Clinical Applications in Extra-Cardiac Diseases; 7 Cardiac Natriuretic Hormone System as Target for Cardiovascular Therapy; 8 "Inconclusive" Remarks: Past, Present and Future of Natriuretic Peptides; Subject Index
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