Pulse Waves How Vascular Hemodynamics Affects Blood Pressure /

• Main Author: Salvi, Paolo (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Edition: 2nd ed. 2017.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Human physiology.; Angiology.; Cardiology.; Phlebology.; Medicine & Public Health.; Human Physiology.

This new, revised and updated edition takes into account the most recent advances in the understanding of human pathophysiology. The book presents the complex basic principles of vascular hemodynamics and its pathophysiology in a direct and effective way, stressing the importance of the mechanical p...

Table of Contents:

• 1 Blood Pressure and Vascular Hemodynamics
• 2 Pulse Wave Velocity and Arterial Stiffness Assessment
• 3 Arterial Stiffness and Blood Pressure Variability
• 4 Central Blood Pressure: Part 1, pathophysiology
• 5 Central Blood Pressure: Part 2, Pulse Wave Analysis
• 6 Aortic Stiffness and Myocardial Ischemia
• 7 Arterial Stiffness in Chronic Kidney Disease
• 8 Pulse Wave Velocity and Pulse Wave Analysis in Experimental Animals.