Ionic Transport in Hypertension

Antonio Coca M.D., is Chief, Hypertension Unit, Depart of General Internal Medicine, Hospital Clinical, School of Medicine, University of Barcelona, Spain. Ricardo P. Garay, M.D., is Director of Research, INSERM Unit 2, School of Medicine of Creteil, France.

1. The Erythrocyte as a Cellular Model for the Clinical Investigation of Essential Hypertension Patients


Antonio Coca and Ricardo P. Garay


2. Genetic Abnormalities of the Na-K-Cl Cotransport in Experimental and Primary Hypertension


Patrizia Ferrari and Guiseppe Bianchi


3. The [Na+,K+,Cl-] Cotransport System: Relevance in Essential Hypertension


Ricardo P. Garay, Sylvie Cavalier, and Patrick A. Hannaert


4. Kinetic Abnormalities of the Na+,K+ Pump in Essential Hypertension


Javier Diez and Arantxa Arrazola


5. The Li+/Na+ Countertransport in Hypertension


Andrea Semplicini


6. The Na+/H+ Antiport: Its Role in Cellular Metabolism and in the Pathophysiology of Essential Hypertension


Abraham Aviv


7. The Cl-/HCO3- Anion Exchanger in Hypertension


Javier Diez and Arantxa Arrazola


8. Endogeneous Digitalis-Like Factors: Past Progress and Future Prospects


Kenneth A. Gruber


9. Atrial Natriuretic Peptide, Sodium Transport Systems and Essential Hypertension


Josep Closas, Jean R. Cusson, and Pierre Larochelle


10. Vascular Muscle Calcium Channels in Hypertension


Nancy J. Rusch and Kent Hermsmeyer


11. Abnormalities of the Calcium Pump in Primary Hypertension


Alejandro De la Sierra, Javier Sobrino, and Antonio Coca


12. Ion Transport and Left Ventricular Hypertrophy in Essential Hypertension


Antonio Coca, Alejandro De la Sierra, and Alvaro Urbano-Marquez


13. Abnormalities of Ion Transport in Hypercholesterolemia and Hypertriglyceridemia: A Link with Essential Hypertension?


Steven C. Hunt, Lily L. Wu, and Roger R. Williams


14. Abnormalities of Ion Transport and the Pathophysiology of Essential Hypertension: Therapeutic Implications and Future Perspectives


Ricardo P. Garay, Nathalie Senn, and Jean-Pierre Ollivier