Kapitel in diesem Buch

1. Frontmatter 1
2. Foreword 5
3. List of Contributors 7
4. Contents 9
5. The Fine Structure and Contractile Mechanism of Heart Muscle 13
6. The Function of the Cell Membrane 63
7. Transmembrane Potentials of Cardiac Cells and Their Ionic Basis 73
8. Energy Sources in Ionic Movements 111
9. The Role of Ca in the Regulation of Muscle Activity 131
10. Thermochemical Aspects of Muscle Contraction 145
11. The Role of ATP in Contraction 157
12. The Mechanics of Myocardial Contraction 173
13. The Possible Mode of Action of Antiarrhythmic Agents 251
14. Some Considerations of Quinidine and Procaine Amide Action at the Cellular Level 269
15. The Mechanism of Action of Cardiac Glycosides 297
16. Some Biochemical Reactions Influenced by the Digitalis Glycosides 309
17. Neurohumoral Agents-A Pharmacological Analysis of the Actions of Catecholamines upon the Heart 331
18. Agents Modifying Myocardial Blood Flow 355