Hormones and the heart in health and disease / 
edited by Leonard Share. 
 - Totowa, N.J. :  Humana Press,  c1999. 
 - 258 p. :  ill. ;  27 cm. 
 - Contemporary endocrinology ;  21 .
 - Contemporary endocrinology (Totowa, N.J.) ;  21. .
<br/><br/>Includes index. 
<br/><br/>Contents<br/><br/>1. Natriuretic Peptides and the Heart, David G. Gardner, Branka Kovacic-Milivojevic, Faquan Liang, and Songcang Chen. <br/>2. Adrenomedullin and the Heart, Willis K. Samson. <br/>3. Cardiac and Vascular Actions of Urocortin, David G. Parkes and Clive N. May. <br/>4. The Renin-Angiotensin System and the Heart, Haralambos Gavras and Irene Gavras. <br/>5. Adrenocortical Hormones and the Heart: A Steroidogenic Endocrine Organ as Well as Target Organ?, Celso E. Gomez-Sanchez. <br/>6. Catecholamines and the Heart, Matthew N. Levy. <br/>7. Vasopressin and the Heart, Vernon S. Bishop and Max G. Sanderford. <br/>8. Insulin and the Heart, Roger W. Brownsey, Brian Rodrigues, Subodh Verma, and John H. McNeill. <br/>9. Kinins in the Heart, Oscar A. Carretero. <br/>10. Endothelin and the Heart, David P. Brooks and Eliot H. Ohlstein. <br/>11. Nitric Oxide and the Heart, Robert D. Bernstein, Fabio A. Recchia, Gabor Kaley, and Thomas H. Hintze. <br/>12. Contribution of Eicosanoids in the Heart, Kafait U. Malik. <br/>13. Estrogen and the Heart, Jay M. Sullivan. <br/>14. Androgen and Estrogen Effects on Plasma Lipids in Men, Carrie J. Bagatell and William J. Bremner.  
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0896037266 (alk. paper) 9780896037267 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Heart--Physiology.<br/>Autocrine mechanisms.<br/>Atrial natriuretic peptides--Physiological effect.<br/>Endothelins--Physiological effect.<br/>Hormones--Physiological effect.<br/>Catecholamines--Physiological effect.<br/>Heart--physiology.<br/>Hormones--physiology.
<br/><br/><label>National Library of Medicine Call No.: </label>WG 202 H812 1999