From hypertension to heart failure /

The book "From Hypertension to Heart Failure" will cover new aspects of the treatment of hypertension, arrhythmias, heart failure and coronary artery diseases. The topics will include new pathophysiological findings, the theoretical background of pharmacological treatment, results of the l...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author:	SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors:	Böhm, M. (Michael), 1958-, Laragh, John H., 1924-
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Berlin ; New York : Springer, [1998]
Subjects:	Heart failure. Hypertension. Coronary heart disease. Adrenergic beta blockers. Heart Failure > drug therapy. Adrenergic beta-Antagonists > therapeutic use. Coronary Disease > drug therapy. Heart Failure > physiopathology. Hypertension > drug therapy. Insuffisance cardiaque. Hypertension artérielle. Artères coronaires > Maladies. Bêta-bloquants. Angina pectoris. Aufsatzsammlung. Beta-Blocker. Herzinsuffizienz. Hypertonie. Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:

pt. 1. Introduction
[ch]. 1. Epidemiologic insights into progression from hypertension to heart failure / W.B. Kannel
[pt. 2]. Hypertension
[ch]. 2. [beta]-blockers in the treatment of hypertension: focus on Carvedilol / A. Himmelmann
[ch]. 3. Ergometry in the assessment of arterial hypertension and antihypertensive therapy / I.W. Franz
pt. 3. Angina pectoris
[ch]. 4. [beta]-adrenergic antagonists in the management of acute myocardial infarction / P. Soman, N. Lahiri and A. Lahiri
[ch]. 5. [beta]-blocking therapy in patients with unstable angina / A. van de Loo
[ch]. 6. Usefulness of [beta]-blockers in sudden cardiac death / R. Haberl and G. Steinbeck
[ch]. 7. [beta]-blocking agents in patients with coronary artery disease and myocardial infarction / M. Christ and M. Wehling
pt. 4. Heart failure
[ch]. 8. Molecular organization of the [beta]-adrenergic system / D. Rohrer
[ch]. 9. [beta]-adrenergic signal transduction defects in heart failure / P. Schnabel, M. Flesch and M. Böhm
[ch]. 10. [beta]-blocker treatment of chronic heart failure / Ch. Maack and M. Böhm
[ch]. 11. Heart failure: treatment with [beta]-adrenoceptor antagonists / P.A. Poole-Wilson
pt. 5. Case reports
[ch]. 12. [beta]-receptor blocker therapy in dilated cardiomyopathy after doxorubicne therapy / A. Stäblein and D. Hartmann
[ch]. 13. [beta]-blocker therapy in severe cardiac heart failure / D. Hartmann and A. Stäblein.