Foreword to the First Edition
Preface
About the Authors
List of Contributors
Abbreviations and Acronyms
Glossary of Terms
1. Introduction
Michael O’Rourke, Audrey Adji
2. Anatomy of the Heart and Circulation
Elazer Edelman, Farhad Rikhtegar Nezami
3. Nature of Flow of a Liquid
Wilmer Nichols
4. Properties of the Arterial Wall: Theory and Practice
Wilmer Nichols
5. Endothelial Cells and Hemodynamics
Elazer Edelman, Farhad Rikhtegar Nezami
6. General Principles for Measuring Arterial Waves
Wilmer Nichols
7. Pulsatile Pressure–Flow Relations
Wilmer Nichols
8. Arterial Wave Refl ections
Michael O’Rourke, Audrey Adji
9. Contour of Pressure and Flow Waves in Arteries
Michael O’Rourke, Audrey Adji
10. Principles of Recording and Analysis of Arterial Waveforms
Wilmer Nichols
11. Vascular Impedance
Michael O’Rourke, Audrey Adji
12. Coupling of the Left Ventricle with the Systemic Circulation: Implications to Cardiac Failure
Michael O’Rourke, Audrey Adji
13. Pulmonary Circulation
Michael O’Rourke, Audrey Adji
14. Specialized Circulations in Susceptible Tissues
Michael O’Rourke, Audrey Adji
15. Aging, Growth and Maturation
Michael O’Rourke, Audrey Adji
16. Hypertension
Michael O’Rourke, Audrey Adji
17. Interpretation of Blood Pressure in Epidemiological Studies and Clinical Trials
Michael O’Rourke, Audrey Adji
18. Arterial Biomarkers
Charalambos Vlachopoulos
19. Arteriosclerosis and Atherosclerosis: Clinical Issues
Michael O’Rourke
20. Specifi c Arterial Disease
Charalambos Vlachopoulos
21. Generalized and Metabolic Disease
Charalambos Vlachopoulos
22. Emergence of Therapeutic Strategies
Michael O’Rourke, Audrey Adji
23. Endovascular Implants
Elazer Edelman, Lambros Athanasiou, Farhad Rikhtegar Nezami
24. Cardiovascular Effects of Exercise
Wilmer Nichols
25. Central Arterial Pressure
Charalambos Vlachopoulos and Michael O’Rourke, Audrey Adji
26. Lifestyle and Environment
Charalambos Vlachopoulos
27. Arterial Pressure Waveform Analysis
Michael O’Rourke, Audrey Adji
Bibliography
Index
