This state-of-the-art book concentrates in one volume our current knowledge on the cardiovascular complications of liver disease. This easy-to-read work provides a better understanding of the pathogenesis and consequences of portal hypertension and establishes a physiological basis for its pharmacological treatment. It examines the effect of liver disease on volume regulation, the activity of the sympathetic nervous system, and the processes involved in capillary fluid exchange. It includes a discussion on volume and sodium regulation, as well as atrial natriuretic peptide. It also covers the effects of different classes of drugs such as alcohol, sympathomimetics, diuretics, and hormones on the cardiovascular system in liver disease. This reference manual is an absolute must for all clinicians and researchers with an interest in the cardiovascular system in liver disease.
Author(s): Laurence M. Blendis, Arieh Bomzon
Publisher: CRC Press
Year: 1990
Language: English
Pages: 384
City: Boca Raton
Cover
Title
Copyright
Preface
The Editors
Contributors
Table of Contents
Chapter 1 The Cardiovascular Complications of Cirrhosis — A History
Chapter 2 Animal Models of Liver Disease
Chapter 3 The Renin-Angiotensin-Aldosterone System in Liver Disease
Chapter 4 Autonomic Nervous Function in Liver Disease
Chapter 5 The Heart in Liver Disease
Chapter 6 The Pulmonary Circulation in Liver Disease
Chapter 7 Renal Circulation and Pathogenesis of Functional Renal Failure in Cirrhosis
Chapter 8 Hepatic Circulation in Cirrhosis
Chapter 9 Splanchnic Hemodynamics in Acute and Chronic Portal Hypertension
Chapter 10 Vascular Reactivity in Liver Disease
Chapter 11 Oxygen Transport and Consumption in Cirrhosis
Chapter 12 The Cerebral Circulation in Liver Failure
Chapter 13 Deranged Volume Homeostasis in Liver Disease
Chapter 14 Effects of Jaundice on Body Fluid Volume
Chapter 15 ANF and Its Role in Sodium Retention in Cirrhosis
Chapter 16 Alcohol-Induced Increase in Portal Blood Flow — Mechanism, Interaction with Anesthetics, and Clinical Implications
Chapter 17 Effects of Vasoactive Drugs on the Systemic and Splanchnic Circulation
Chapter 18 Drugs Acting on the Renin-Angiotensin-Aldosterone System
Chapter 19 Vasopressin and Somatostatin—Hemodynamic Effects, Efficacy, and Complications in the Treatment of Acute Variceal Bleeding
Conclusions
Index
