Ciba Foundation symposium on hypertension : humoral and neurogenic factors / / editors for the Ciba Foundation, G.E.W. Wolstenholme and Margaret P. Cameron ; assisted by Joan Etherington

• Pubblicazione: London, : J. & A. Churchill Ltd., 1954
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (314 p.)
• Disciplina: 616.1/32; 616.132
• Soggetto topico: Hypertension
• Altri autori: WolstenholmeG. E. W (Gordon Ethelbert Ward) CameronMargaret P
• Note generali: "With 73 illustrations."
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: HYPERTENSION Humoral and Neurogenic Factors; CONTENTS; Chairman's opening remarks; Neural and humoral control of blood vessels; Discussion; Some new aspects of reflex blood pressure regulation and hypertension; Discussion; Hypertensive disease without hypertension; Discussion; Internal secretion of the arterial wall in blood pressure regulation; Discussion; Drugs antagonistic to 5-hydroxytryptamine; Quantitative estimation of 5-hydroxytryptamine in gastro-intestinal mucosa, spleen and blood of vertebrates; Discussion; Chemical screening methods for the diagnosis of phaeochromocytoma ; DiscussionPersistence of hypertension after removal of phaeochromocytoma, where excretion of adrenaline and noradrenaline is normal; Discussion; Experimental studies on the pathogenesis and nature of hypertensive cardiovascular disease; Discussion; Experiments on the role of vasoconstrictor substances in the mechanism of renal hypertension in dogs; Discussion; The relation of the sustained pressor principle to renin; Discussion; The role of the kidney in the mechanism of experimental hypertension; Discussion ; The effect of partial renal corticectomy on the kidneys of normal and hypertensive animalsDiscussion; The use of ganglion blocking agents in relation to neurogenic factors in hypertension; Discussion; Lessons from hexamethonium studies in malignant hypertension; Discussion; Catechol amine excretion in urine in cases of hypertension; The relationship between sodium, arterial hypertension and the adrenal glands; Discussion; The study of adrenal insufficiency in hypertensive patients submitted to bilateral syrnpathectomy and unilateral adrenalectomy; Discussion ; Water and electrolytes in experimental hypertensionThe distribution of fluid and electrolytes in experimental hypertension; Discussion; The importance of sodium chloride and its ions in the production and treatment of hypertension; Discussion; Chairman's closing remarks
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• Titolo autorizzato: Ciba Foundation symposium on hypertension
• ISBN: 9786613679222; 9781280768453; 1280768452; 9780470718896; 0470718897; 9780470716328; 0470716320
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9911019170303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Novartis Foundation Symposia