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Ionic Transport in Hypertension
New Perspectives
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Book Description
First Published in 1994: Ionic Transport in Hypertension is devoted to examining the hypothesis that essential hypertension is a heterogeneous disease in its pathophysiological mechanisms as well as in its clinical and therapeutic considerations.
Table of Contents
1. The Erythrocyte as a Cellular Model for the Clinical Investigation of Essential Hypertension Patients
Antonio Coca and Ricardo P. Garay
2. Genetic Abnormalities of the Na-K-Cl Cotransport in Experimental and Primary Hypertension
Patrizia Ferrari and Guiseppe Bianchi
3. The [Na+,K+,Cl-] Cotransport System: Relevance in Essential Hypertension
Ricardo P. Garay, Sylvie Cavalier, and Patrick A. Hannaert
4. Kinetic Abnormalities of the Na+,K+ Pump in Essential Hypertension
Javier Diez and Arantxa Arrazola
5. The Li+/Na+ Countertransport in Hypertension
Andrea Semplicini
6. The Na+/H+ Antiport: Its Role in Cellular Metabolism and in the Pathophysiology of Essential Hypertension
Abraham Aviv
7. The Cl-/HCO3- Anion Exchanger in Hypertension
Javier Diez and Arantxa Arrazola
8. Endogeneous Digitalis-Like Factors: Past Progress and Future Prospects
Kenneth A. Gruber
9. Atrial Natriuretic Peptide, Sodium Transport Systems and Essential Hypertension
Josep Closas, Jean R. Cusson, and Pierre Larochelle
10. Vascular Muscle Calcium Channels in Hypertension
Nancy J. Rusch and Kent Hermsmeyer
11. Abnormalities of the Calcium Pump in Primary Hypertension
Alejandro De la Sierra, Javier Sobrino, and Antonio Coca
12. Ion Transport and Left Ventricular Hypertrophy in Essential Hypertension
Antonio Coca, Alejandro De la Sierra, and Alvaro Urbano-Marquez
13. Abnormalities of Ion Transport in Hypercholesterolemia and Hypertriglyceridemia: A Link with Essential Hypertension?
Steven C. Hunt, Lily L. Wu, and Roger R. Williams
14. Abnormalities of Ion Transport and the Pathophysiology of Essential Hypertension: Therapeutic Implications and Future Perspectives
Ricardo P. Garay, Nathalie Senn, and Jean-Pierre Ollivier
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Biography
Antonio Coca M.D., is Chief, Hypertension Unit, Depart of General Internal Medicine, Hospital Clinical, School of Medicine, University of Barcelona, Spain.
Ricardo P. Garay, M.D., is Director of Research, INSERM Unit 2, School of Medicine of Creteil, France.