Nicolaas Westerhof & Nikos Stergiopulos 
Snapshots of Hemodynamics 
An Aid for Clinical Research and Graduate Education

This book is written in a quick reference style to help clinical and basic researchers, as well as graduate students, in the understanding of hemodynamics. Recent dev- opments in genetics and molecular biology on the one hand, and new noninvasive measurement techniques on the other hand, make it possible to measure and und- stand the hemodynamics of heart and vessels better than ever before. Hemodynamics makes it possible to characterize, in a quantitative way, and even with noninvasive techniques the function of the heart and the arterial system, separately and in c- bination, thereby producing information about what genetic and molecular processes are of importance for cardiovascular function. We have made the layout of the book such that it gives a succinct overview of individual topics in short chapters Therefore every chapter starts with a “box” c- taining a figure and caption, describing the main aspects of the subject. It is often sufficient to study the contents of this box alone to obtain this basic information, and therefore it is not necessary to read the book from cover to cover.

İçerik tablosu

Basics of Hemodynamics.- Viscosity.- Law of Poiseuille.- Bernoulli’s Equation.- Turbulence.- Arterial Stenosis.- Resistance.- Inertance.- Oscillatory Flow Theory.- Law of Laplace.- Elasticity.- Compliance.- Cardiac Hemodynamics.- 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.- Arterial Hemodynamics.- 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.- Integration.- Determinants of Pressure and Flow.- Comparative Physiology.- Appendices.- 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.