The subject of catecholamines and stress has occupied researchers for many years and
filled many books. A brief revew such as this cannot cover such a broad topic. Instead …

Heart failure (HF) is an increasing public health problem accelerated by a rapidly aging
global population. Despite considerable progress in managing the disease, the …

This essay describes the evolution of stress as a medical scientific idea. Claude Bernard,
Walter B. Cannon and Hans Selye provided key founding concepts for the current view …

Patients with heart failure have increased vascular resistance and evidence for increased
neurohumoral drive. High levels of circulating norepinephrine are found in patients with …

Although enhanced sympathetic tone is a well recognized component of the autonomic
profile characteristic of congestive heart failure, the contribution of parasympathetic …

This book presents a new homeostatic theory of stress and distress and uses it to explain
how systems using the endogenous catecholamines—norepinephrine, epinephrine, and …

Objective To describe heart rate variability (HRV) analysis, especially time-and
frequencydomain analyses, and some of its investigational applications in clinical …

Ten patients with advanced congestive heart failure were treated with an arginine
vasopressin VI antagonist during hemodynamic monitoring to determine the contribution of …

Congestive heart failure is the leading cause of death in the Western world. Abnormal
intracellular calcium (Ca2+) handling is central to the pathogenesis of heart failure because …

Synopsis: Prazosin 1 is an orally active post-synaptic selective α 1-adrenoceptor antagonist
that has been widely used in treating hypertension and congestive heart failure (CHF). Its …