The Local Cardiac Renin Angiotensin-Aldosterone System [recurso electrónico] / edited by Edward D. Frohlich, Richard N. Re.

Hypertensive Heart Disease: Time for New Paradigms -- Cardiac (Pro)Renin Receptors: Functional Properties and Potential Significance -- On the Relationship Between the Renin Receptor and the Vacuolar Proton-Atpase Membrane Sector-Associated Protein (M8-9) -- Role of the AT2 Receptor in Cardiovascular Function: A Brief Synopsis -- Regulation of Renin in JGA and Tubules in Hypertension -- Salt Loading: A Paradigm for a Local Cardiac Renin-Angiotensin-Aldosterone System -- Lessons from Experimental Generation of Intracellular Angiotensinogen and AII -- On the Cardiac Renin Angiotensin System: the Heart as a Source of Angiotensin II -- The Hematopoietic System: A New Niche for the Renin-Angiotensin System -- Mechanical Signaling and the Cardiac Renin-angiotensin -- Angiotensin Converting Enzyme 2: A Critical Regulator of the Renin-Angiotensin System -- Dyslipidemia and Angiotensin II and Atherogenesis -- Ace Inhibitors Directly Activate Bradykinin B1 Receptors to Release NO -- Remodeling in Hypertensive Heart Disease: Role of the Renin-Angiotensin-Aldosterone System -- Cardiac Aldosterone Production: A Vascular Problem? -- Cellular Oxidative Stress, Aging, and the Local RAS.