Tabla de Contenidos:
  • pt. 1. Introduction
  • [ch]. 1. Epidemiologic insights into progression from hypertension to heart failure / W.B. Kannel
  • [pt. 2]. Hypertension
  • [ch]. 2. β-blockers in the treatment of hypertension: focus on Carvedilol / A. Himmelmann
  • [ch]. 3. Ergometry in the assessment of arterial hypertension and antihypertensive therapy / I.W. Franz
  • pt. 3. Angina pectoris
  • [ch]. 4. β-adrenergic antagonists in the management of acute myocardial infarction / P. Soman, N. Lahiri and A. Lahiri
  • [ch]. 5. β-blocking therapy in patients with unstable angina / A. van de Loo
  • [ch]. 6. Usefulness of β-blockers in sudden cardiac death / R. Haberl and G. Steinbeck
  • [ch]. 7. β-blocking agents in patients with coronary artery disease and myocardial infarction / M. Christ and M. Wehling
  • pt. 4. Heart failure
  • [ch]. 8. Molecular organization of the β-adrenergic system / D. Rohrer
  • [ch]. 9. β-adrenergic signal transduction defects in heart failure / P. Schnabel, M. Flesch and M. Bèohm
  • [ch]. 10. β-blocker treatment of chronic heart failure / Ch. Maack and M. Bèohm
  • [ch]. 11. Heart failure: treatment with β-adrenoceptor antagonists / P.A. Poole-Wilson
  • pt. 5. Case reports
  • [ch]. 12. β-receptor blocker therapy in dilated cardiomyopathy after doxorubicne therapy / A. Stèablein and D. Hartmann
  • [ch]. 13. β-blocker therapy in severe cardiac heart failure / D. Hartmann and A. Stèablein