Table of Contents

Introduction. Entry of Environmental Pollutants: External and Internal Mechanisms of the Total Body. Pollutant Load. Environmental Control for Reducing Total Body Load. Introduction to the Cardiovascular System in Chemical Sensitivity. Physiology and Pollutant Damage to Vascular Perfusion: Changes in the Sympathetic Nervous System Function. Blood Volume. Effects of Pollutants on the Clotting System. Oxygen Extraction. Effects of Pollutants on Myocardial Cells. Types of Mechanisms in Vascular Damage. Effects of Endocrine on the Vascular System. Pollutant Entry in Dyshomeostasis: Clinical Syndromes. Atherosclerosis. Heart Failure. Heart Failure Treatment. Index.

About the Author

William J. Rea is a thoracic, cardiovascular, and general surgeon with an added interest in the environmental aspects of health and disease. He received his MD from The Ohio State University and was chief of thoracic surgery at the Veteran’s Hospital in Dallas. He has lectured on cardiovascular and thoracic surgery at the University of Texas S.W. Medical School and on environmental sciences at the University of Texas. Dr. Rea served on the board of the American Academy of Environmental Medicine and is currently a board member of the American Board of Environmental Medicine. Dr. Rea is a fellow of the American Academy of Environmental Medicine, the American College of Surgeons, and the Royal Society of Medicine. He was part of the team who resuscitated Governor John Connally when President Kennedy was shot.

Kalpana D. Patel is a pediatrician with an added interest in the environmental aspects of health and disease. She serves as an assistant professor of pediatrics at the State University of New York at Buffalo. Dr. Patel was awarded the Jonathan Forman Gold Medal Award for outstanding research in environmental medicine and the Herbert J. Rinkel Award for outstanding teaching by the American Academy of Environmental Medicine. Dr. Patel has served as president of the American Board of Environmental Medicine and is currently a member of its executive committee. She has also served on the board of the American Academy of Environmental Medicine and is a diplomate of both the American Board of Pediatrics and the American Board of Environmental Medicine. Dr. Patel is a fellow of the American Academy of Environmental Medicine.