Prostacyclin and Hypertension

Prostacyclin and Hypertension by Gerd Bönner, Karl-Heinz Rahn.

The aim of present-day treatment of hypertension is no longer as the effective reduction of blood pressure, regarded merely but as the ever-increasing application of new therapeutic prin­ ciples to prevent such consequences of hypertension as left heart hypertrophy, medial hypertrophy of the vessels...

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Main Authors: Bönner, Gerd (Author), Rahn, Karl-Heinz (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 1990.
Edition:1st ed. 1990.
Series:Springer eBook Collection.
Subjects:
Cardiology.
Pharmacology.
Endocrinology .
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Table of Contents:
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 Biochemistry and Pharmacology of Prostacyclin
  • 2.1 Biochemical Specification and Metabolism
  • 2.2 Measurement Techniques
  • 2.3 Localization and Secretion
  • 3 Activity Profile of Prostacyclin
  • 3.1. Local Activity Profile
  • 3.2. Action on Circulatory Regulation
  • 3.3. Interference with Other Vasoactive Hormones
  • 4 Significance of Prostacyclin in Hypertension
  • 4.1 Experimental Hypertension
  • 4.2 Arterial Hypertension
  • 4.3 Influence of Antihypertensive Agents
  • 4.4 Employment of Prostacyclin, Prostacyclin Analogues and Prostacyclin-Stimulating Substances in Hypertension
  • References.

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