Author | Li, John K.-J. author |
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Title | The Arterial Circulation [electronic resource] : Physical Principles and Clinical Applications / by John K.-J. Li |
Imprint | Totowa, NJ : Humana Press : Imprint: Humana Press, 2000 |
Connect to | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-59259-034-6 |
Descript | XI, 271 p. 8 illus. online resource |
1 Introduction -- 1.1 Historical View of Arterial Circulation -- 1.2 Recent Developments -- 1.3 Book Content -- References -- 2 Physiology and Rheology of Arteries -- 2.1 Anatomical and Structural Organization -- 2.2 Material Properties of the Arterial Wall: Elastin, Collagen, and Smooth Muscle Cells -- 2.3 Viscoelastic Properties of Blood Vessels -- References -- 3 Theories and Models of Arterial Circulation -- 3.1 Simple Windkessel Model of the Arterial System -- 3.2 Oscillatory Blood Flow in Arteries -- 3.3 Linear Theories of Blood Flow in Arteries -- 3.4 Analogy of Arterial Blood Flow to Transmission Line -- 3.5 Distributed and Reduced Arterial Tree Models -- 3.6 Nonlinear Aspects and Pressure-Dependent Arterial Compliance -- References -- 4 Arterial Pulse Transmission Characteristics -- 4.1 Pressure and Flow Waveforms in Large and Small Arteries -- 4.2 Vascular Impedance to Blood Flow -- 4.3 Pulse Propagation, Wave Velocity, and Damping -- 4.4 Pulse Wave Reflections and Reflection Sites -- 4.5 Pulse Transmission at Vascular Branching -- 4.6 Pulse Transmission to Vascular Beds -- References -- 5 Hemodynamic Measurements and Clinical Monitoring -- 5.1 Invasive Blood Pressure Measurements -- 5.2 Noninvasive Blood Pressure Measurements -- 5.3 Blood Flow Measurements -- 5.4 Thermodilution Measurement of Cardiac Output -- 5.5 Vascular Ultrasound Dimension Measurement -- References -- 6 Arterial Circulation and the Heart -- 6.1 Coupling of Heart and Arterial System -- 6.2 Dynamic Heart-Arterial System Interactions and the Concept of Dynamic Arterial Compliance -- 6.3 Coronary Arterial Circulation -- 6.4 Hemodynamics and Modeling of Coronary Circulation -- 6.5 Myocardial Function and Arterial System Load -- References -- 7 New Approaches to Clinical Evaluations -- 7.1 Hypertension, Vascular Stiffness, and Arterial Compliance -- 7.2 Vascular Hemodynamics of Aging and Isolated Systolic Hypertension -- 7.3 Aortic Valve Stenosis and Arterial System Afterload on Left Ventricular Hypertrophy -- 7.4 Allometry and Its Diagnostic Applications -- References