Myocardial ischemia : mechanisms, reperfusion, protection / edited by M. Karmazyn.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Dedication--Introduction--Nitric Oxide And Other Free Radicals In Cardiac Physiology And Pathology:- Neural regulation of coronary vascular resistance: Role of nitric oxide in reflex cholinergic vasodilation in normal and pathophysiologic states--The potential of antioxidants to prevent atherosclerosis development and its clinical manifestations--Nitric oxide in coronary artery disease: Roles in atherosclefosis, myocardial reperfusion and heart failure--The roles of free radicals, peroxides and oxidized lipoproteins in second messenger system dysfunction--Nitric oxide: An endogenous cardioprotectant?--Iconic And Electrophysiological Aspects In Myocardial Ischemia And Reperfusion:- Intracellular calcium regulatory systems during ischemia and reperfusion--The pH paradox in ischemia-reperfusion injury to cardiac myocytes--Electrophysiological responses to ischemia and reperfusion--Cellular mechanisms of cardiac arrhythmias in the ischemic and reperfused heart-- Biochemical Factors In Myocardial Ischemia And Reperfusion:-Bioenergetics, ischemic contracture and reperfusion injury--Lipid metabolism in the ischemic and reperfused heart--Signal transduction mechanisms in the ischemic and reperfused myocardium-- Hormonal, Autocrine, and Paracrine Factors in Myocardial Ischemia and Reperfusion:- The role of endothelins in cardiac function in health and disease--Role of kinins in myocardial ischemia--Role of eicosanoids in the ischemic and reperfused myocardium--The role of the neutrophil in myocardial ischemia and reperfusion--Role of sympathetic nervous system in the ischemic and reperfused heart-- Protection Strategies Against Myocardial Ischemia and Reperfusion:- Sodium-hydrogen exchange in myocardial ischemia and reperfusion: a critical determinant of injury?--The role of ATP-sensitive potassium channels in myocardial ischemia: Pharmacology and implications for the future-- Cardioprotective actions of adenosine and adenosine analogs--Myocardial protection for cardiac surgery--Endogenous Cardioprotective Adaptive Mechanisms:-Ischemic preconditioning against infarction: Its mechanism and clinical implications--The molecular basis of adaptation to ischemia in the heart: The role of stress proteins and anti-oxidants in the ischemic and reperfused heart--Ischemia And Reperfusion In The Diabetic And Hypertrophied Myocardium:- Response to ischemia and reperfusion by the diabetic heart--Ischemia and reperfusion injury in the hypertrophied heart--The Stunned and Hibernating Myocardium:- Myocardial stunning: A post-ischemic syndrome with delayed recovery--The hibernating myocardium--Post-Infarction Myocardial Responses:- Mechanisms of subcellular remodelling in post-infarct heart failure--Tissue angiotensin II and myocardial infarction--Structural remodeling of the infarcted rat heart--Pharmacological intervention in post-infarction wound healing.