| Description |
1 online resource (278 pages) |
| Contents |
Front Cover; Contents; List of tables; List of figures; List of contributors; Preface; The editors; Chapter 1. Alcohol and cardiovascular disease: large population studies; Chapter 2. The alcoholic cardiomyopathies: genuine and pseudo; Chapter 3. Wine and lifestyle: role in cardiovascular disease and premature death; Chapter 4. Effects of gender on alcohol's heart dysfunction; CHapter 5. Alcohol and cardiac medications: interactions; Chapter 6. Alcohol abuse and hemorrhagic stroke; Chapter 7. Alcohol abuse and ischemic stroke |
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Chapter 8. Alcohol consumption and the risk of stroke: the role of tobacco?Chapter 9. Alcohol, vascular cells and hemodynamic forces; Chapter 10. Moderate alcohol exposure protects cardiac myocytes from ischemia-reperfusion injury; Chapter 11. Alcohol and smoking: synergism in heart disease?; Chapter 12. Oxidative stress, cell damage and its possible prevention by alpha-tocopherol: cardiovascular and other cells; Chapter 13. Alcohol and platelet function; Chapter 14. Fatty acid ethyl esters: role in alcohol cardiotoxicity; Chapter 15. Alcohol and apolipoproteins |
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Chapter 16. Alcohol and polyunsaturated fatty acid metabolism in the cardiovascular systemChapter 17. Alcohol and heart muscle proteins: with special reference to measurement of protein synthesis in vivo; Chapter 18. Cocaethylene: immunologic, hepatic and cardiac effects; Chapter 19. Cardiotoxicity of cocaine use by humans and rodents: synergisms of concomitant cocaine plus alcohol exposure; Chapter 20. Mechanisms of cocaine cardiotoxicity; Chapter 21. Alcohol and reflex regulation of the cardiovascular system |
| Summary |
1. Alcohol and Cardiovascular Disease: Large Population Studies 2. The Alcoholic Cardiomyopathies: Genuine and Pseudo 3. Wine and Lifestyle: Role in Cardiovascular Disease and Premature Death 4. Effects of Gender on Alcohol's Heart Dysfunction 5. Alcohol and Cardiac Interactions: Medications 6. Alcohol Abuse and Hemorrhagic Stroke 7. Alcohol Abuse and Ischemic Stroke 8. Alcohol Consumption and the Risk of Stroke: The Role of Tobacco 9. Alcohol, Vascular Cells, and Hemodynamic Forces 10. Moderate Alcohol Exposure Protects Cardiac Myocytes from Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury 11. Alcohol and Smoking |
| Notes |
Chapter 22. Alcohol's accentuation of AIDS' nutritional and immune damage, a cofactor in heart diseaseBack Cover |
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Print version record |
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Alcohol -- Physiological effect.
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Heart -- Diseases.
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Heart Diseases
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Alcohol -- Physiological effect.
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Heart -- Diseases.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781134481224 |
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1134481225 |
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