Synopses & Reviews
Review
Doody's Book Review Service, George T. Deriso, MD, Ochsner Clinic Foundation --
"The author has succeeded in providing an easy to read book that enables students to learn the basics of cardiovascular physiology in order to build a foundation for understanding cardiovascular pathophysiology, pharmacology, and therapeutics they can use in the clinical years of training."Doody's Book Review Service (Weighted Numerical Score: 87)
Synopsis
This uniquely readable, compact, and concise monograph lays a foundation of knowledge of the underlying concepts of normal cardiovascular function. Students welcome the book's broad overview as a practical partner or alternative to a more mechanistically oriented approach or an encyclopedic physiology text. Especially clear explanations, ample illustrations, a helpful glossary of terms, tutorials, and chapter-opening learning objectives provide superb guidance for self-directed learning and help fill the gap in many of today's abbreviated physiology blocks. A focus on well-established cardiovascular principles reflects recent, widely accepted cardiovascular research.
The supplemental CD-ROM is an interactive, dynamically linked version of the book, which is organized by normal cardiovascular function and cardiac disease. Students may begin a path of questioning with, for example, a disease condition and then pursue background information through a series of links. Students can also link to the author's regularly updated Web site for additional clinical information.
Synopsis
Now in its second edition, this highly accessible monograph lays a foundation for understanding of the underlying concepts of normal cardiovascular function. Students of medicine and related disciplines welcome the book’s concise coverage as a practical partner or alternative to a more mechanistically oriented approach or an encyclopedic physiology text. A focus on well-established cardiovascular principles reflects recent, widely accepted research from the field.
Table of Contents
Introduction to the Cardiovascular System: Learning Objectives / The Need for a Circulatory System / The Arrangement of the Cardiovascular System / The Functions of the Heart and Blood Vessels / The Regulation of Cardiac and Vascular Function / The Content of the Following Chapters / Summary of Important Concepts / Review Questions / Answers to Review Questions
Electrical Activity of the Heart: CD-ROM Materials / Learning Objectives / Introduction / Cell Membrane Potentials / Conduction of Action Potentials within the Heart / The Electrocardiogram (ECG) / Electrophysiological Changes during Cardiac Ischemia / Problems and Clinical Cases / Summary of Important Concepts / Review Questions / Answers to Review Questions / Suggested Readings
Cellular Structure and Function: CD-ROM Materials / Learning Objectives / Introduction / Cardiac Cell Structure and Function / Vascular Structure and Function / Problems and Clinical Cases / Summary of Important Concepts / Review Questions / Answers to Review Questions / Suggested Readings
Cardiac Function: CD-ROM Materials / Learning Objectives / Introduction / Cardiac Anatomy / Cardiac Cycle / Regulation of Cardiac Output / Myocardial Oxygen Consumption / Problems and Clinical Cases / Summary of Important Concepts / Review Questions / Answers to Review Questions / Suggested Readings
Vascular Function: CD-ROM Materials / Learning Objectives / Introduction / Anatomy and Function / Arterial Blood Pressure / Regulation of Systemic Vascular Resistance / Venous Blood Pressure / Venous Return and Cardiac Output / Answers to Problems and Clinical Cases / Summary of Important Concepts / Review Questions / Answers to Review Questions / Suggested Readings
Neurohumoral Control of the Heart and Circulation: Learning Objectives / Introduction / Autonomic Neural Control / Humoral Control / Summary of Neurohumoral Mechanisms / Answers to Problems and Clinical Cases / Summary of Important Concepts / Review Questions / Answers to Review Questions / Suggested Readings
Microcirculation
Organ Blood Flow
Cardiovascular Integration and Adaptation