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Coronary Circulation in Physiological and Pathophysiological States

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  • © 1991

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Editors:
  1. Motoomi Nakamura

    1. Research Institute of Angiocardiology and Cardiovascular Clinic, Faculty of Medicine, Kyushu University, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka, 812, Japan

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  2. Paul M. Vanhoutte

    1. Baylor College of Medicine, One Baylor Plaza, Texas Medical Center, Houston, USA

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XIII
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  2. Characteristics and Possible Origins of Blood Velocity Waveforms of the Epicardial and Intramyocardial Coronary Circulation in the Ventricles and the Atria

    • F. Kajiya
    Pages 1-19

  3. Biological and Molecular Biological Aspects of Angiogenesis in Coronary Collateral Development

    • W. Schaper
    Pages 21-27

  4. Large Coronary Artery Regulation by α- and β-Adrenergic Receptors in Conscious Calves

    • S. F. Vatner, M. A. Young, D. E. Vatner
    Pages 29-41

  5. Effects of Native and Oxidized Low Density Lipoproteins on Formation and Inactivation of EDRF and Vascular Smooth Muscle

    • E. Bassenge, J. Galle
    Pages 43-58

  6. Pathophysiology of Ischemic Heart Disease with Special Reference to Coronary Artery Spasm

    • M. Nakamura
    Pages 59-88

  7. Endothelium-Derived Vasoactive Factors, Platelets and Coronary Disease

    • P. M. Vanhoutte
    Pages 89-102

  8. Effects of Atherosclerosis and Regression of Lesions

    • D. D. Heistad, J. A. Lopez, F. M. Faraci, M. L. Armstrong
    Pages 103-116

  9. Vascular Regulation in Atherosclerosis

    • P. D. Henry
    Pages 117-123

  10. Characteristics of Vascular Smooth Muscle Cell Membranes and Their Modifying Factors

    • K. Kitamura, T. Itoh, Y. Ito, H. Kuriyama
    Pages 125-156

  11. Back Matter

    Pages 157-160
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About this book

MOTOOMI NAKAMURA As we approach the 21st century, ischemic heart disease is the major cause of death in most of the developed nations of the world. Since the 1970s, much effort and expense have led to designs of coronary thrombolytic therapy, percutaneous coronary angioplasty (PTCA), coronary artery bypass grafting, heart transplantation, automatic defibrillators, as well as to the formation of beta blockers and com­ pounds which block the calcium channel. Socio-educational programs directed at exercise, diet, instruction in the risk factors of smoking, hyperlipidemia and hypertension have contributed to the decrease in the rate of morbidity and mortality of patients with ischemic heart disease. However, the first clinical event of ischemic heart disease, the so-called "heart attack" and sudden cardiac death continues to present problems, as the mechanisms involved in these events are poorly understood. It has long been thought that ischemic heart disease is the sequence of an organic fixed atherosclerotic obstruction of the epicardial coronary arteries and the role of coronary vasomotion has been given much less attention. Recent clinical and laboratory animal studies revealed that increased tonus and spasm of the large epicardial coronary arteries are the cause of various stages of ischemic heart disease. The role of coronary vasospasm in the development of un­ stable angina, sudden cardiac death and acute myocardial infarction remains open to debate. Pharmacophysiological studies showed that the epicardial large coronary artery contributes only 5% to regulation of normal coronary flow.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Research Institute of Angiocardiology and Cardiovascular Clinic, Faculty of Medicine, Kyushu University, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka, 812, Japan

    Motoomi Nakamura

  • Baylor College of Medicine, One Baylor Plaza, Texas Medical Center, Houston, USA

    Paul M. Vanhoutte

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Coronary Circulation in Physiological and Pathophysiological States

  • Editors: Motoomi Nakamura, Paul M. Vanhoutte

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-68108-3

  • Publisher: Springer Tokyo

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Tokyo 1991

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-4-431-68110-6Published: 25 December 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-4-431-68108-3Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIII, 160

  • Topics: Cardiology, Human Physiology, Pathology

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