Snapshots of Hemodynamics An Aid for Clinical Research and Graduate Education /

• Main Authors: Westerhof, Nico (Author), Stergiopulos, Nikos (Author), Noble, Mark I.M (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2005.
• Series: Basic Science for the Cardiologist, 18
• Subjects: Medicine.; Cardiology.; Pathology.; Biomedical engineering.; Medicine & Public Health.; Biomedical Engineering.

Hemodynamics makes it possible to characterize in a quantitative way, the function of the heart and arterial system, thereby producing information about what genetic and molecular processes are of importance for cardiovascular function. Snapshots of Hemodynamics: An Aid for Clinical Research and Gra...

Table of Contents:

• Viscosity
• Law of Poiseuille
• Bernoulli’s Equation
• Turbulence
• Arterial Stenosis
• Resistance
• Inertance
• Oscillatory Flow Theory
• Law of LaPlace
• Elasticity
• Compliance
• Cardiac Muscle Mechanics
• Pressure-Volume Relation
• Pump Function Graph
• Work, Energy and Power
• Oxygen Consumption & Hemodynamics
• Power and Efficiency
• Coronary Circulation
• Assessing Ventricular Function
• Wave Travel and Velocity
• Wave Travel and Reflection
• Waveform Analysis
• Arterial Input Impedance
• Arterial Windkessel
• Distributed Models
• Transfer of Pressure
• Vascular Remodeling
• Blood Flow and Arterial Disease
• Determinants of Pressure & Flow
• Comparative Physiology.