Analytical and Quantitative Cardiology Book

Ch. 1	Ca[superscript 2+]-Signaling in Cardiac Myocytes: Evidence from Evolutionary and Transgenic Models	3
Ch. 2	Diastolic Viscoelastic Properties of Rat Cardiac Muscle; Involvement of Ca[superscript 2+]	13
Ch. 3	The Beta Subunit, Kv[beta]1.2, Acts as a Rapid Open Channel Blocker of NH[subscript 2]-Terminal Deleted Kv1.4 [alpha]-Subunits	29
Ch. 4	Signal Transduction in Ischemic Preconditioning	39
Ch. 5	Ca[superscript 2+] Sparks within 200 nm of the Sarcolemma of Rat Ventricular Cells: Evidence from Total Internal Reflection Fluorescence Microscopy	57
Ch. 6	Uncoupling of G-Protein Coupled Receptors In Vivo: Insights from Transgenic Mice	67
Ch. 7	Molecular Control of Myocardial Mechanics and Energetics: The Chemo-Mechanical Conversion	75
Ch. 8	Myocardial Cell Energetics	89
Ch. 9	Human Heart Failure: Determinants of Ventricular Dysfunction	97
Ch. 10	How Cardiac Contraction Affects the Coronary Vasculature	111
Ch. 11	Dynamic Interaction between Myocardial Contraction and Coronary Flow	123
Ch. 12	The Relations between Microvascular Structure and Oxygen Supply	139
Ch. 13	Endothelial Gene Regulation by Laminar Shear Stress	155
Ch. 14	3D Architecture of Myocardial Microcirculation in Intact Rat Heart: A Study with Micro-CT	165
Ch. 15	Vascular Imaging by Ultrasound: 3D Reconstruction of Flow Velocity Fields for Endothelial Shear Stress Calculation	177
Ch. 16	Compensatory Enlargement, Remodeling, and Restenosis	187
Ch. 17	Atherosclerosis Studies by Intracoronary Ultrasound	197
Ch. 18	Tissue Remodeling with Micro-Structurally Based Material Laws	215
Ch. 19	Multiaxial Myocardial Mechanics and Extracellular Matrix Remodeling: Mechanochemical Regulation of Cardiac Fibroblast Function	227
Ch. 20	In Vivo Assessment of Regional Myocardial Work in Normal Canine Hearts Using 3D Tagged MRI	241
Ch. 21	Noninvasive Measurement of Cardiac Strain with MRI	249
Ch. 22	Ventricular Remodeling: From Bedside to Molecule	257
Ch. 23	Cardiac Excitation: An Interactive Process of Ion Channels and Gap Junctions	269
Ch. 24	Modeling of Internal pH, Ion Concentration, and Bioenergetic Changes during Myocardial Ischemia	281
Ch. 25	Gap Junctions: Functional Effects of Molecular Structure and Tissue Distribution	291
Ch. 26	3D Cardiac Imaging of Electromechanical Coupling	303
Ch. 27	Percutaneous Multielectrode Endocardial Mapping and Ablation of Ventricular Tachycardia in the Swine Model	313
Ch. 28	Design and Strategy for the Cardionome Project	325
Ch. 29	Integrative and Interactive Studies of the Cardiac System: Deciphering the Cardionome	341
Ch. 30	Technology vs Physiology: General Discussion	353
	Closure	357
	The Editors	359
	List of Contributors	361
	Index	365