The Heart and Circulation An Integrative Model /

What drives the circulation?  In this comprehensive review of existing circulation models, the conventional view that the heart is a pressure-propulsion pump is challenged. The existing models fail to explain an increasing number of observed circulatory phenomena.   A unifying circulation model is p...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Furst, Branko (Autor)
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : Springer London : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
Edición:1st ed. 2014.
Temas:
Cardiology.
Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • PART I - Early Embryo Circulation
  • Introduction
  • Early Embryo Circulation - Morphologic Features
  • The Onset of Circulation
  • Hemodynamics of the Early Embryo Circulation
  • Flow Patterns in the Early Embryo Circulation
  • Heart Vortex Formation
  • Is There a Circulation Without a Heart?
  • Embryo Heart is not a Peristaltic Pump
  • Flow Perturbation Experiments
  • Heart Rate Perturbations
  • The Heart as Generator of Pressure
  • Ventriculo-Vascular Interaction
  • A Brief Comparative Phylogeny
  • Evolutionary Aspect of the Rhythmical System
  • PART II - Mature Circulation
  • Functional Morphology of the Heart
  • Regulation of Cardiac Output
  • Models of the Heart
  • Cardiovascular Response during Exercise
  • Hemodynamic Effects of Aortic Occlusion
  • Increased Pulmonary Flows
  • Single Ventricle Physiology
  • Blood as an Organ.

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