Adrenergic System and Ventricular Arrhythmias in Myocardial Infarction

I Release of Catecholamines in Myocardial Ischemia.- Intracellular Requirements for Exocytotic Noradrenaline Release.- Neuropeptide Y and Sympathetic Transmission.- Influence of Myocardial Ischemia on Exocytotic Noradrenaline Release.- On the Mechanism of Nonexocytotic Release of Noradrenaline from Noradrenergic Neurons.- The Dynamics of Adrenergic Nerve Endings.- Increase of Cardiac and Systemic Catecholamines in Myocardial Ischemia.- II Adrenergic Receptors in Myocardial Ischemia.- Alpha1- and Beta-Adrenergic Receptors in Myocardial Ischemia and Injury.- Uncoupling of the ?-Adrenergic Receptor by Myocardial Ischemia.- Sensitization of the Adrenergic System in Early Myocardial Ischemia: Independent Regulation of ?-Adrenergic Receptors and Adenylate Cyclase.- Mechanisms of Altered Adrenergic Responsiveness Contributing to Arrhythmogenesis during Myocardial Ischemia.- Reflections of the Role of Adrenergic Mechanisms in Ventricular Arrhythmias.- III Ionic Mechanisms in Myocardial Ischemia.- Ionic Imbalance in Acute Myocardial Ischemia.- State-Dependent Block of Cardiac Na Currents by Ca Channel Antagonists.- Calcium Channels in the Heart.- The Cardiac K Current System.- Intracellular pH of Cardiac Cells: Hormonal Regulation and Role in Ischemia.- The Sympathetic Nervous System, Catecholamines and Ischemia-Induced Arrhythmias: Dependence upon Serum Potassium Concentration.- Towards a New Dimension of Cardiac Cellular Electrophysiology — General Aspects.- IV Mechanisms of Arrhythmias.- Electrophysiologic Mechanisms for the Generation of Arrhythmias with Adrenergic Stimulation.- Catecholamine-Dependent Cardiac Arrhythmias: Mechanisms and Implications.- Mechanisms of Reentrant Arrhythmias.- Reentrant Ventricular Rhythms in the Canine Postinfarction Heart.- The Time Course of Occurrence of Ventricular Arrhythmias after Experimental Myocardial Ischemia.- V Relation of Catecholamines and Ventricular Arrhythmias in Myocardial Ischemia.- Experimental Simulation of Sudden Cardiac Death in Humans: Electrophysiological Mechanisms and Role of Adrenergic Influences.- Ischaemia-Induced Noradrenaline Release Mediates Ventricular Arrhythmias.- Autonomic Innervation and Arrhythmias in Canine Myocardial Infarction.- Sympathetic Denervation, Supersensitivity, and Arrhythmogenesis after Myocardial Infarction.- Adrenergic System and Ventricular Arrhythmias in Acute Myocardial Ischemia: Multiple Feedback Mechanisms.- Why is Increased Adrenergic Activity Arrhythmogenic?.