The cardiovascular system /
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Edinburgh ; New York :
Elsevier Churchill Livingstone,
2005.
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| Series: | Systems of the body.
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Table of 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 electrocardiogram (ECG)
- Large blood vessels
- Resistance blood vessels
- Arterial blood pressure
- Capillary function and the lymphatic system
- Fetal cardiovascular system and congenital heart disease
- Exercise and the cardiovascular system
- Haemorrhage and circulatory shock