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

• Κύριοι συγγραφείς: Westerhof, Nicolaas (Συγγραφέας), Stergiopulos, Nikos (Συγγραφέας), Noble, Mark I.M (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Boston, MA : Springer US : Imprint: Springer, 2010.
• Έκδοση: 2.
• Θέματα: Medicine.; Cardiology.; Biomedical engineering.; Medicine & Public Health.; Biomedical Engineering.

Hemodynamics make it possible to characterize in a quantitative way, the function of the heart and arterial system, thereby producing information about which genetic and molecular processes, and which abnormalities, are of importance for understanding cardiovascular mechanisms in health and disease....

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Basics of Hemodynamics
• Viscosity
• Law of Poiseuille
• Bernoulli’s Equation
• Turbulence
• Arterial Stenosis
• Resistance
• Inertance
• Oscillatory Flow Theory
• Law of Laplace
• Elasticity
• Compliance
• Cardiac Hemodynamics
• Cardiac Muscle Mechanics
• The Pressure-Volume Relation
• The Pump Function Graph
• Cardiac Work, Energy and Power
• Cardiac Oxygen Consumption and Hemodynamics
• Cardiac Power and Ventriculo-Arterial Coupling
• The Coronary Circulation
• Assessing Ventricular Function
• Arterial Hemodynamics
• Wave Travel and Velocity
• Wave Travel and Reflection
• Waveform Analysis
• Arterial Input Impedance
• The Arterial Windkessel
• Distributed Models and Tube Models
• Transfer of Pressure
• Mechanotransduction and Vascular Remodeling
• Blood Flow and Arterial Disease
• Integration
• Determinants of Pressure and Flow
• Comparative Physiology
• Appendices
• Times and Sines: Fourier Analysis
• Basic Hemodynamic Elements
• Vessel Segment
• Wave Speed and Characteristic Impedance
• Basic Aspects
• Books for Reference
• Symbols
• Units and Conversion Factors.