Table of Contents:
  • Local expression and pathophysiological role of renin-angiotensin in the blood vessels and heart / V.J. Dzau
  • Myocardial perfusion
  • Angiotensin, ACE-inhibitors and endothelial control of vasomotor tone / T.F. Luscher
  • Local and neurohumoral control of coronary blood flow / M. Krajcar, G. Heusch
  • ACE-inhibitors in coronary artery disease? / M. Vogt, W. Motz, B.E. Strauer
  • Myocardial hypertrophy
  • Molecular mechanisms of cardiac gene expression / B. Nadal-Ginard, V. Mahdavi
  • Myocardial perfusion dependent and independent mechanisms of regional myocardial dysfunction in hypertrophy / S.F. Vatner, L. Hittinger
  • ACE-inhibitors and coronary microcirculation / B.E. Strauer, M. Vogt, W. Motz
  • Ventricular remodelling
  • Myocardial fibrosis: role of angiotensin II and aldosterone / K.T. Weber ... [et al.]
  • Ventricular remodeling after myocardial infarction. Experimental and clinical studies / G. Ertl, P. Gaudron, K. Hu
  • Infarct size, reperfusion, restenosis
  • "Cardioprotection" by ACE-inhibitors in acute myocardial ischemia and infarction? / K. Przyklenk, R.A. Kloner.
  • (cont) Effect of angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors on myocardial ischemia/reperfusion injury: an overview / M.E. Zughaib, J.-Z. Sun, R. Bolli
  • Angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor in a human model of restenosis / G.R. Heyndrickx
  • Heart failure
  • Pathophysiology of heart failure and the renin-angiotensin-system / J. Holtz
  • Angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors in the treatment of clinical heart failure / H. Pouleur
  • Basic aspects / H. Grobecker
  • Clinical aspects / B.E. Strauer.