Cardiovascular response to exercise /

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Imprint:Mt. Kisco, NY : Futura Pub. Co., c1994.
Description:xvii, 446 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language:English
Series:American Heart Assoication monograph series
American Heart Association monograph series
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/1578100
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Other authors / contributors:Fletcher, Gerald F., 1935-
ISBN:0879935596
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of Contents:
  • Part 1. Cellular-level dynamics and ventricular function: Myocardial metabolism and exercise
  • Ventricular function in experimental animals: Response to exercise
  • Exercise and ventricular function in humans
  • Doppler echocardiographic assessment of left ventricular flow systolic and diastolic flow during exercise
  • Part 2. Genetic, biochemical, and physiological responses of the heart to factors related to chronic exercise: Molecular control of muscle growth
  • Exercise-associated mechanical loading
  • Heart rate effects on the myocardium
  • A synthesis of isolated factors into a chronic exercise pattern
  • Part 3. Systemic responses to exercise and results of training: Blood pressure response to resistive and dynamic exercise
  • Adaptation of the coronary circulation to exercise training
  • Blood volume response to training
  • High altitude effects on exercise training
  • Part 4. Exercise as a trigger of onset of acute cardiovascular disease: Triggering of onset of myocardial infarction and sudden death
  • Sudden cardiac death during jogging; Relative risk of morning versus evening exercise
  • Relative risk of myocardial infarction during jogging
  • Part 5. Modification of cardiovascular risk by exercise: Cardiovascular "fitness" versus cardiovascular disease
  • Exercise, lipoproteins, and cardiovascular disease
  • Endurance exercise and coronary artery bone
  • Genetic determinants of cardiovascular "fitness" and response to exercise
  • Part 6. Clinical Applications: Exercise and the failing heart
  • Magnetic resonance imaging
  • Effects of aging on the cardiovascular response to exercise
  • Exercise echocardiography to assess left ventricular size and performance
  • Practical guidelines for exercise in patients with normal left ventricular function