This up-to-date easy to understand handbook spans the gamut of current basic, clinical and treatment aspects of vascular biology. The concise summaries, tables, diagrams and brief text will provide a stimulating and valuable information on vascular biology which spans the gamut of current basic, clinical and treatment aspects. Dr. Houston takes a subject that until recently has been esoteric and research oriented and makes it understandable and clinically relevant for the practicing physician.
1. Spectrum of Cardiovascular Disease 2. Historical Aspects of Atherosclerosis and Vascular Biology 3. Blood Vessel Structure 4. Endothelial Function 5. Endothelial Vasodilators 6. Endothelial Vasoconstrictors 7. The Angiotensins 8. Ion Channels and Vascular Tone 9. Endothelial Dysfunction 10. Atherosclerosis 11. Oxidative Stress and Cardiovascular Disease 12. Arterial Compliance 13. Hemodynamics and Atherosclerosis 14. Systolic, Diastolic, and Pulse Pressure 15. Effects of Antihypertensive Drugs on Arterial Compliance 16. Treatment of Hypertension:: New Approach Based on Vascular Biology 17. Summary and Conclusions
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