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The result of an international symposium attended by leading cardiologists and physiologists, this authoritative account reflects current views and recent research in the study of receptors in the atria and ventricles of the mammalian heart. The first two sections consider reflexes from the atria and ventricles with emphasis on reflex effects of the heart and vasculature; section three covers the role of such reflexes in the control of fluid and electrolyte balance by the kidney. Also considered is the possible role of cardiogenic reflexes in disease states such as hypertension, heart failure, and hemorrhage. Specialists in cardiovascular physiology will turn to this informative volume for an array of new perspectives and discoveries in the field.