Vasodilators in Chronic Heart Failure (eBook, PDF)

Redaktion: Just, H.; Bussmann, W. -D.

• Format: PDF

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
• Seitenzahl: 236
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. Dezember 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9783642686054
• Artikelnr.: 53103509

Inhaltsangabe

I. Physiology.- Vasoconstrictor Mechanisms and the Effects of Nitrates.- Functional and Metabolic Consequences of Chronic Alterations in Preload and Afterload in the Hypertrophied and Dilated Heart.- The Sympathetic Nervous System in Chronic Heart Failure and Its Response to Vasodilator Therapy.- Regulation of Renal Hemodynamics in Congestive Heart Failure.- The Renin-Angiotensin-Aldosterone System in Congestive Heart Failure.- Endogenous Catecholamines Under Chronic Vasodilator Treatment.- Effects of Hydralazine and Isosorbide Dinitrate on Vasoconstrictor Mechanisms in Patients with Heart Failure.- II. Pharmacology.- Cellular Mechanism of Action of Directly Acting Vasodilator Drugs.- Pharmacokinetics of Nitrates.- Isosorbide Dinitrate: Pharmacokinetics After Intravenous Administration.- Prazosin and ?-Blocking Agents.- III. Clinical Experience.- Promises and Disappointments of Vasodilator Treatment of Chronic Heart Failure.- Nitrates in Chronic Heart Failure.- The Long-Term Effects of Dihydralazine and Hydralazine on Intractable Cardiac Failure.- The Use for Hydralazine in Chronic Cardiac Failure: Results and Unanswered Questions.- Prazosin Therapy in Severe Chronic Congestive Heart Failure.- Early Experience with Captopril in Congestive Heart Failure.- Acute Effect of Nifedipine on Left Ventricular Performance at Rest and During Exercise in Patients with Left Ventricular Dysfunction.- Treatment of Congestive Heart Failure with Dipyridamole.- Therapeutic Agents with Combined Inotropic and Vasodilating Properties.- Hemodynamic Effects of Combined Inotropic and Vasodilator Drugs in Severe Congestive Heart Failure: Hydralazine and Prenalterol.- AR-L 115 BS, a Substance with Inotropic and Vasodilating Effects.- Efficacy of AR-L 115 BS on Hemodynamics, Contractility, andMyocardial Oxygen Consumption in Man.- Treatment of Cardiac Failure with AR-L 115 BS.- IV. Conception and Planning of Future Studies.- Can Vasodilator Treatment Improve Life Expectancy and Physical Performance Heart Failure?.- Vasodilators in Chronic Heart Failure: Problems of Design and Analysis of Controlled Clinical Trials.