The Role of Oxygen Radicals in Cardiovascular Diseases

Oxygen Toxicity: Biochemical, Physiological And Pathological Aspects.- Morphologic Differences in Myocardial Necrosis and Atherosclerotic Plaque. What is Their Pathogenetic Meaning?.- Free Radicals and Circulatory Shock.- Reperfusion Arrhythmias: Do Free Radicals Play a Role?.- Diene Conjugation in the Clinical Measurement of Free-Radical Activity.- Conversion of RAT Xanthine Dehydrogenase to Xanthine Oxidase During Oxidative Stress.- Cardiac Cell Breakdown at Reoxygenation: Absence of Changes in Xanthine Oxidase and Effects of Calcium Concentration.- Oxidative Stress in the Myocardium: Relationship with Eicosanoid Biosynthesis and Tissue Damage.- The reaction Between Oxymyoglobin and Hydroperodixes. Formation of Electronically Excited States Detected by Low-Level Chemiluminescence.- The role of iron mobilization in ischemic tissue damage.- Role of Lipid Peroxidation in Increasing Calcium Permeability of Model and Natural Membranes.- Cytotoxic Mechanisms for Cholesterol Oxidation Products in Fibroblasts and Endothelial Cells.- Possible Importance of Proteolytic Systems as Secondary Antioxidant Defenses During Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury.- Inhibition by Some Synthetic Antioxidants of the Agonist-Induced Activation of Aspirinated Platelets and of the Depolarization-Induced Release of Neurotransmitter from Brain Synaptosomes.- Pulmonary Vascular Injury from Reactive Oxygen Species.- Changes of Activity of Intracellular Antioxidant Enzymes of Heart in Response to Ischemia-Reperfusion.- Enzymatic Defense Systems Against Hydroperoxides and Oxygen-Centered Radicals in Mammals: Glutathione Peroxidase and Superoxide Dismutases.- Antioxidant Mechanisms in the Heart: The Potential Involvement of Myoglobin.- The Cardiac Defense System Associated with Glutathione.- Lipid Peroxides as a Cause of Atherosclerosis.