Author | Drzewiecki, Gary M. author |
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Title | Analysis and Assessment of Cardiovascular Function [electronic resource] / by Gary M. Drzewiecki, John K-J. Li |
Imprint | New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 1998 |
Connect to | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-1744-2 |
Descript | XVI, 387 p. online resource |
1. Cardiovascular Function -- 1. Cardiovascular Concepts in Antiquity -- 2. A New Approach to the Analysis of Cardiovascular Function: Allometry -- 2. Cardiac Muscle -- 3. Muscle Contraction Mechanics from Ultrastructural Dynamics -- 4. Crossbridge Cycling and Cooperative Recruitment Can Account for Oscillatory Dynamics of Constantly Activated Heart -- 5. Modeling Reversible Mechanical Dysfunction in the Stunned Myocardium -- 6. Computer-Based Myocardial Tissue Characterization Using Quantitative Description of Texture -- 3. Coronary Circulation -- 7. Interpretation of Coronary Vascular Perfusion -- 8. New-Age Rapid Diagnosis of Acute Myocardial Injury -- 4. Ventricular Dynamics -- 9. Modeling of the Effects of Aortic Valve Stenosis and Arterial System Afterload on Left Ventricular Hypertrophy -- 10. Ventricular Shape: Spherical or Cylindrical? -- 11. Pathophysiology of Diastole and Left Ventricular Filling in Humans: Noninvasive Evaluation -- 12. Echocardiographic Evaluation of Thrombolytic Intervention After Acute Myocardial Infarction -- 5. Arterial/Ventricular Circulation -- 13. Modeling of Noninvasive Arterial Blood Pressure Methods -- 14. Measurement and Applications of Arterial and Ventricular Pressure-Dimension Relationships in Animals and Humans -- 6. Microcirculation -- 15. Quantitative Analysis of the Lee Method for Determination of the Capillary Filtration Coefficient -- 16. Assessment of Human Microvascular Function -- 7. Venous System -- 17. Dynamic Response of the Collapsible Blood Vessel -- 8. Electrophysiology -- 18. Microvolt-Level T Wave Alternans as a Marker of Vulnerability to Cardiac Arrhythmias: Principles and Detection Methods -- 19. Quantification of Heart Rate Variability Using Methods Derived from Nonlinear Dynamics -- 20. Transesophageal Electrophysiology -- 21. Occurrence and Diagnostic Importance of Postural ST-Segment Depression in Ambulatory Holter Monitoring in Male Patients After Myocardial Infarction