The Cardiovascular System
Systems of the Body Series
By- Alan Noble, BSc, PhD, Visiting Lecturer in Physiology, School of Medicine, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK
- Robert Johnson, BA BM MRCP, Consultant in Paediatric Cardiology, Alder Hey Hospital, Liverpool, UK
- Alan Thomas, Lecturer in Physiology, School of Biological Sciences, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK
- Paul Bass, BSc, MD, FRCPath, Consultant in Histopathology and Honorary Clinical Senior Lecturer, Southampton University Hospitals NHS Trust, Southampton, UK
Audience
Medical and other health science students
Paperback, 192 Pages
Published: February 2010
Imprint: Churchill Livingstone
ISBN: 978-0-7020-3374-2
Contents
- A design specification for the cardiovascular system. Cardiac muscle structure and function. The heart as a pump: valve function and valve disease. Regulation of cardiac function. Blood supply to the heart. Heart failure. The elctrocardiogram. Large blood vessels. Resistance blood vessels.Arterial blood pressure. Capilliary function and lymphatic system. Fetal cardiovascular system and congenital heart disease. Exercise and the cardiovascular system. Haemorrhage and circulatory shoock.
