Snapshots of hemodynamics : an aid for clinical research and graduate education /
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| Author / Creator: | Westerhof, N. |
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| Edition: | 2nd ed. |
| Imprint: | New York : Springer, c2010. |
| Description: | 1 online resource (xiii, 271 p.) : ill. (some col.) |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | E-Resource Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8895466 |
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
- 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
- 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
- Determinants of pressure and flow
- Comparative physiology
- 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.