Hypoxia and the Circulation

Preface and Acknowledgements.- The Heart at High Altitude.- Risk of Cardiovascular Events During Mountain Activities.- Biventricular Function at High Altitude: Implications for Regulation of Stroke Volume in Chronic Hypoxia.- Control of Coronary Blood Flow During Hypoxia.- Vascular, Meta Bolic and Cognitive Effects of Intermitent Hypoxia.- Metabolic Consequences of Intermittent Hypoxia.- Intermittent Hypoxia and Cognitive Function: Implications from Chronic Animal Models.- Vascular Consequences of Intermittent Hypoxia.- Hypoxia-Induced Vascular Remodeling and Hypertension.- Angiotensin-Induced Hypoxia in the Kidney: Functional and Structural Changes of the Renal Circulation.- Role of Reactive Oxygen Species in Chronic Hypoxia-Induced Pulmonary Hypertension and Vascular Remodeling.- Hypoxia and Placental Remodeling.- Lung Fluid Movement in Hypoxia.- Epithelial Sodium Channels in the Adult Lung - Important Modulators of Pulmonary Health and Disease.- Lung Interstitial Pressure and Structure in Acute Hypoxia.- Hypoxic Inhibition of Alveolar Fluid Reabsorption.- New Thoughts About Globins.- Regulation and Role of Neuroglobin and Cytoglobin Under Hypoxia.- Molecular Insights Into the Functional Role of Myoglobin.- Genetic Mechanisms Underlying Regulation of Hemoglobin.- Hypoxic Responses: Insights From Insects.- Control of the Respiratory Patterns in Insects.- Effects of Insect Body Size on Tracheal Structure and Function.- Skeletal Muscle.- The Role of HIF-1 in Hypoxic Response in the Skeletal Muscle.- Gene Expression in Working Skeletal Muscle.- The Limits of Human Endurance: What is the Greatest Endurance Performance of All Time? Which Factors Regulate Performance at Extreme Altitude?.- The People Of Hypoxia.- Jim Milledge: Hypoxia Honoree 2007.- Exploring Mountain Medicine and Physiology.- Carlos Monge Cassinelli: A Portrait.- Late Abstracts.- Subject Index.