Comprehensive Treatise of Electrochemistry

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xv

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2. The Origin of Electrical Potential in Biological Systems

   • S. Ohki

   Pages 1-130

3. Electrochemistry of Low Molecular Weight Organic Compounds of Biological Interest

   • Glenn Dryhurst

   Pages 131-188

4. Electrochemistry of Biopolymers

   • Hermann Berg

   Pages 189-229

5. Bioelectrocatalysis

   • M. R. Tarasevich

   Pages 231-295

6. Electrochemical Aspects of Bioenergetics

   • Edmond F. Bowden, Fred M. Hawkridge, Henry N. Blount

   Pages 297-346

7. Electrochemical Aspects of Metabolism

   • Michael N. Berry, Anthony R. Grivell, Patricia G. Wallace

   Pages 347-380

8. Electrochemistry of the Nervous Impulse

   • Yu. A. Chizmadzhev, V. F. Pastushenko

   Pages 381-443

9. An Electrochemical Approach for the Solution of Cardiovascular Problems

   • Supramaniam Srinivasan

   Pages 445-489

10. Electrochemical Techniques in the Biological Sciences

    • Eugene Findl, Elaine R. Strope, James C. Conti

    Pages 491-529

11. Back Matter

    Pages 531-541

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1.1. Definition of Terms-Thrombosis, Thromboembolic Disease, Atherosclerosis, and Blood Clotting The terms heart attack or myocardial infarction are more commonly used than thrombosis. The infarct-muscle destruction is simply the end result and thrombosis is the real cause of the heart attack. Thrombosis may be defined as the process of formation of a coalescent or agglutinated solid mass of blood components in the blood stream. Thrombi formed in either arteries or veins often cause occlusion in the vascular system and prevent blood flow. Obstruc­ to the blood vessel usually occurs at the site where the thrombi deposit. tion Furthermore, thrombi may break loose, travel through the circulating blood stream, and cause obstruction at some distal point of narrowing elsewhere. The mass or thrombus that moves is referred to as an "embolus." The two phenomena are lumped together under the term thromboembolic disease. Thrombosis that reduces blood supply to the heart is the primary factor in heart attacks.

• catalysis
• chemical reaction
• electrochemistry
• polymer
• semiconductor

• Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, USA

  Supramaniam Srinivasan

• Institute of Electrochemistry of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR, Moscow, USSR

  Yu. A. Chizmadzhev

• Texas A&M University, College Station, USA

  J. O’M. Bockris

• University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada

  Brian E. Conway

• Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, USA

  Earnest Yeager

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