Natriuretic Peptides : The Hormones of the Heart /
Contributor(s): Clerico, Aldo [editor.] | Emdin, Michele [editor.] | SpringerLink (Online service).
Material type: BookPublisher: Milano : Springer Milan, 2006.Description: XIV, 184 p. online resource.Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9788847004986.Subject(s): Medicine | Cardiology | Endocrinology | Pathology | Medicine & Public Health | Cardiology | Endocrinology | PathologyDDC classification: 616.12 Online resources: Click here to access onlineItem type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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E books | PK Kelkar Library, IIT Kanpur | Available | EBK2336 |
Historical Background and Book Aim -- The Heart Complexity The Intrinsic Function (Intrinsic Regulation of Heart Rate and Mechanics) -- The Cardiac Natriuretic Hormone System -- Cardiac Natriuretic Hormones as Markers of Cardiovascular Disease: Methodological Aspects -- Clinical Considerations and Applications in Cardiac Diseases -- Clinical Applications in Extra-Cardiac Diseases -- Cardiac Natriuretic Hormone System as Target for Cardiovascular Therapy -- “Inconclusive” Remarks: Past, Present and Future of Natriuretic Peptides.
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.
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