Book Cover -- Title -- Contents -- Foreword -- Contributors -- Acknowledgements -- Endothelial Nitric Oxide -- The Endothelin System: Physiology -- Cyclooxygenase-dependent Endothelium-derived Contracting Factors -- Endothelium-derived Hyperpolarizing Factor -- Regulation of Blood Cell Function by Endothelial Cells -- Endothelial Dysfunction and Hypertension -- Endothelial Control of Vascular Tone in Chronic Heart Failure -- Hypercholesterolemia, Atherosclerosis, and the NO Synthase Pathway -- Endothelial Function in Diabetes Mellitus -- Flow-mediated Dilatation and Cardiovascular Risk -- Endothelial Mediators and Renal Disease -- Infection and Vascular Inflammation -- The Endothelium in Human Pregnancy -- Index.