The Local Cardiac Renin-Angiotensin Aldosterone System

The Local Cardiac Renin-Angiotensin Aldosterone System Until recently, the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system has been considered a systemic endocrine hormonal system exclusively.It is now known that each component of the renin-angiotensin system is produced, synthesized and indeed, present in many organisms including the heart and vessels. This volume presents the most recent clinical and laboratory experiences of the leading physicians and investigators in the field of the local cardiac renin-angiotensin aldosterone system. Cardiovascular, renal and hypertension oriented physicians, investigators and scientists would find this book of interest. Edward D. Frohlich, M.D., M.A.C.P, F.A.C.C., is the Alton Ochsner Distinguished Scientist at the Ochsner Clinic Foundation in New Orleans, Louisiana. He is also Professor of Medicine and of Physiology at Louisiana State University School of Medicine, New Orleans, and Clinical Professor of Medicine and Adjunct Professor of Pharmacology at Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans. He is past Editor-in-Chief of the American Heart Association journal HYPERTENSION. Richard N. Re, M.D., is the Section Head, Hypertension at the Ochsner Clinic Foundation in New Orleans, Louisiana. He is also Ochsner’s Scientific Director of Research.The Local Cardiac Renin-Angiotensin Aldosterone System 2nd Edition is written by Edward D. Frohlich; ?Richard N. Re and published by Springer. ISBNs for The Local Cardiac Renin-Angiotensin Aldosterone System are 9781441905284, 1441905286 and the print ISBNs are 9781441905277, 1441905278.