McDonald’s Blood Flow in Arteries

Book Description:

For over sixty years, McDonald's Blood Flow in Arteries has remained the definitive reference work in the field of arterial hemodynamics, including arterial structure and function with special emphasis on pulsatile flow and pressure. Prestigious, authoritative and comprehensive, this seventh edition has been totally updated and revised with many new chapters. This edition continues to provide the theoretical basis required for a thorough understanding of arterial blood flow in both normal and pathological conditions, while keeping clinical considerations and readability paramount throughout.

Key Features

• The definitive reference work on arterial hemodynamics
• Fully updated and revised to cover all recent advancements in the field

Table of Contents:

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