Atrial Hormones and Other Natriuretic Factors

For the first time, two vital physiological systems--the Na+-K+-ATPase inhibitor and the atrial hormones--are explored in one essential volume. Chapters exploring the atrial natriuretic factor describe the remarkable progress since de Bold''s classic 1981 experiment, from advances in characterizing gene structure to measurement of blood levels in human disease. The book chronicles the important ac...