Table of Contents

The Mechanosensory Heart.- Origin of Mechanotransduction.- The Role of the Sarcomere and Cytoskeleton in Cardiac Mechanotransduction.- Mechanoelectric Transduction/Feedback: Physiology and Pathophysiology.- Mechanotransduction in Cardiac Remodeling and Heart Failure.- Second Messenger Systems Involved in Heart Mechanotransduction.- The Role of Adrenoceptors in Mechanotransduction.- Intracellular Signaling Through Protein Kinases in Cardiac Mechanotransduction.- Mechanotransduction of the Endocrine Heart.