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Passive smoking and cardiovascular pathology : mechanisms and physiopathological bases of damage /
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Nova Biomedical,
[2012]
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| Edición: | Second edition. |
| Colección: | Cardiology research and clinical developments series.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- PASSIVE SMOKING AND CARDIOVASCULAR PATHOLOGY ; Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data ; CONTENTS ; PREFACE ; Chapter 1 CHARACTERISTIC OF PASSIVE SMOKING; 1.1, 1.2. TOBACCO PLANT AND ITS LEAVES ; 1.3. CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS OF ACTIVE AND PASSIVE SMOKING ; 1.4. DIFFERENCE IN CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS FOR ACTIVE AND PASSIVE SMOKE ; 1.5. ENVIRONMENT ; 1.6. LIFESTYLE OF EXPOSED INDIVIDUALS ; 1.7. HEALTH OF EXPOSED INDIVIDUALS ; 1.8. TYPES OF STUDIES RELATED TO PASSIVE SMOKING ; UPDATE ; SUMMARY ; REFERENCES ; Chapter 2 BIOCHEMICAL MARKERS OF PASSIVE SMOKING.
- NICOTINE AND ITS METABOLITES Chemistry ; Pharmacodynamic Properties and Metabolism ; CARBON MONOXIDE ; Chemistry ; Toxicity ; THIOCYANATE ; Chemistry ; Toxicity; PASSIVE SMOKING CHEMICALS AS BIOMARKERS ; Gas Chromatography ; HPLC and HPLC coupled with Mass Spectrophotometry ; RIA ; ELISA ; Carbon Monoxide ; Thiocyanate ; HEMATOLOGIC BIOCHEMICAL MARKERS ; UPDATE ; SUMMARY ; REFERENCES ; Chapter 3 GROSS AND MICROSCOPIC ANATOMY OF STRUCTURES INVOLVED ; CONTRACTILE MYOCARDIUM ; CORONARY ARTERIES AND INTRA MYOCARDIAL CIRCULATION ; Epicardial Coronary Arteries ; Intramyocardial Circulation.
- Atria CirculationGROSS AND MICROSCOPIC STUDY OF THE HEART ; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM ; ARE THERE CHARACTERISTICS THAT EXPLAIN THE ALTERATIONS IN SOME STRUCTURES? ; SUMMARY ; REFERENCES ; Chapter 4 STRUCTURAL DISORDERS OF THE CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM ; ATHEROSCLEROSIS ; CORONARY HEART DISEASE ; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE ; HYPERTENSION ; PERIPHERAL ARTERIAL DISEASE ; AORTIC ANEURYSM ; UPDATE ; SUMMARY ; REFERENCES ; Chapter 5 SMOKING AND HYPERTENSION ; MECHANISMS OF HYPERTENSION ; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM AND CHANGES IN CATECHOLAMINE RELEASE ; RENIN-ANGIOTENSIN-ALDOSTERONE SYSTEM.
- OTHER MECHANISMS INVOLVED IN ENHANCED BLOOD PRESSURE PASSIVE SMOKING AND ARTERIAL WALL ; SMOKING AND HYPERTENSION ; PATHOLOGICAL CONSEQUENCES ; CONCLUSION ; SUMMARY ; REFERENCES ; Chapter 6 FUNCTIONAL DISORDERS OF THE CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM ; WHAT IS A FUNCTIONAL DISORDER? ; CATECHOLAMINE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY ; ENDOTHELIUM: FUNCTIONAL RESPONSES ; EFFECT OF PASSIVE SMOKING ; SUMMARY ; REFERENCES ; Chapter 7 METABOLIC DISORDERS ; METABOLITES OF COAGULATION-FIBRINOLYSIS CASCADE ; MECHANISMS OF COAGULATION-FIBRINOLYSIS ; Intrinsic Pathway ; Extrinsic Pathway.
- EFFECTS OF COAGULATION-FIBRINOLYSIS METABOLITE CHANGES DUE TO SMOKING EXPOSURE PASSIVE SMOKING, HEMOSTATIC METABOLITE CHANGES AND WOMEN ; LIPID METABOLISM CHANGES ; GLUCOSE METABOLISM AND INSULIN RESISTANCE ; OXIDATIVE METABOLIC STRESS AND ANTIOXIDANT SUPPLEMENTATION ; SUMMARY ; REFERENCES ; Chapter 8 STATISTICS FOR UNDERSTANDING DAMAGE ; STATISTICAL CERTAINTY AND PROBABILITY ; PERCENTAGE VALUE, MEAN VALUE AND CONFIDENCE INTERVAL ; THE RISK IN OBSERVATIONAL STUDIES; CHI-SQUARED (X p2 (B) TESTS ; P VALUE ; METANALYSIS ; HOW STATISTICS FACES UP PASSIVE SMOKING FINDINGS ; UPDATE ; SUMMARY.