Regulation of Intracellular Calcium in Cardiac Muscle | p. 3 |
Neuromodulation of Calcium Current by Extracellular ATP in Isolated Ventricular Myocytes | p. 11 |
Intracellular Calcium and Myocardial Function during Ischemia | p. 19 |
Intracellular Signaling in Vascular Smooth Muscle | p. 31 |
Myocardial Energetics | p. 39 |
Mechanisms of Endocardial Endothelium Modulation of Myocardial Performance | p. 51 |
Calcium Kinetic and Mechanical Regulation of the Cardiac Muscle | p. 59 |
Cellular Responses to Electrical Stimulation: A Study Using a Model of the Ventricular Cardiac Action Potential | p. 79 |
Excitation-Contraction Coupling and Contractile Protein Function in Failing and Nonfailing Human Myocardium | p. 91 |
Estimation of Myocardial Mechanical Properties with Dynamic Transverse Stiffness | p. 103 |
Intramyocardial Mechanical States: Vessel-Interstitium-Muscle Interface | p. 113 |
Myocardial Mechanics and Coronary Flow Dynamics | p. 125 |
Modeling of Coronary Capillary Flow | p. 137 |
Models for Coronary Pressure-Flow Relationships | p. 153 |
In Vivo Myocardial Microcirculation: Evaluation with a Whole-Body X-Ray CT Method | p. 163 |
Endocardial Coronary Microcirculation of the Beating Heart | p. 173 |
Distribution and Control of Coronary Microvascular Resistance | p. 181 |
Theoretical Analysis of Coronary Blood Flow and Tissue Oxygen Pressure-Control | p. 189 |
Adenosine Coronary Vasodilation during Hypoxia Depends on Adrenergic Receptor Activation | p. 199 |
Chaos in Cardiac Signals | p. 207 |
Intramyocardial Fluid Transport Effects on Coronary Flow and Left Ventricular Mechanics | p. 219 |
Metabolic Protection of Post-Ischemic Phosphorylation Potential and Ventricular Performance | p. 233 |
Metabolic and Mechanical Control of the Microcirculation | p. 243 |
Asymmetrical Changes in Ventricular Wall Mass by Asynchronous Electrical Activation of the Heart | p. 257 |
Ventricular Remodeling after Myocardial Infarction | p. 265 |
Arterial Remodelling after Percutaneous Transluminal Balloon Angioplasty | p. 277 |
Structural and Functional Remodeling of Poststenotic Arteries in the Rat | p. 283 |
Myocardial Collagen and Its Functional Role | p. 291 |
Ventricular-Arterial Interaction: Cardiac Effects of Mean versus Pulsatile Arterial Load | p. 301 |
The Veins and Ventricular Preload | p. 313 |
Why Smaller Animals Have Higher Heart Rates | p. 319 |
Feedback Effects in Heart-Arterial System Interaction | p. 325 |
The Relationship between Altered Load and Impaired Diastolic Function in Conscious Dogs with Pacing Induced Heart Failure | p. 337 |
Interactions: The Integrated Functioning of Heart and Lungs | p. 347 |
Carotid-Cardiac Interaction: Heart Rate Variability during the Unblocking of the Carotid Artery | p. 365 |
Right and Left Ventricle Interaction and Remodeling in Congenital Heart Disease | p. 373 |
Macroscopic Three-Dimensional Motion Patterns of the Left Ventricle | p. 383 |
Cardiovascular Flow Velocity Measurements by 2D Doppler Imaging for Assessment of Vascular Function | p. 393 |
Closing Discussion: A View into the Future | p. 401 |
The Editors | p. 407 |
Contributors | p. 409 |
Index | p. 415 |
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