Cardiovascular Biomechanics

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Hoskins, Peter R. (Editor), Lawford, Patricia V. (Editor), Doyle, Barry J. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Human physiology.; Cardiology.; Medical physics.; Radiation.; Biomedical engineering.; Medicine & Public Health.; Biomedical Engineering.; Medical and Radiation Physics.; Human Physiology.

This book provides a balanced presentation of the fundamental principles of cardiovascular biomechanics research, as well as its valuable clinical applications. Pursuing an integrated approach at the interface of the life sciences, physics and engineering, it also includes extensive images to explai...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction to fluid and solid mechanics
• Introduction to biomechanics of the cardiovascular system
• Blood and blood flow
• Arterial biomechanics I. Pressure, flow and stiffness
• Arterial biomechanics II. Forces, adaptability and mechanotransduction
• Excitation-contraction in the heart
• Biomechanics of the venous system
• Biomechanics of the microcirculation
• Medical imaging
• Modelling of the cardiovascular system
• Patient specific modelling
• Flow phantoms
• Measurement of the mechanical properties of biological tissues
• Hypertension
• Atherosclerosis
• Aneurysms
• Cardiovascular prostheses
• Appendix 1: Questions
• Appendix 2: Glossary
• Index.