Overview
Presents a coherent model addressing the controversies and future developments in basic science circulatory research and clinical cardiology
Defines the inconsistencies of the commonly accepted pressure-propulsion model of circulation
Provides evidence for a new circulation model with the potential to change the way in which we think about circulation radically?
Proposes an integrative model of circulation
Covers new developments in microcirculatory research
Possesses new chapters covering the arterial pulse and circulation in the upright posture
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Table of contents (25 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Embryonic Circulation
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About this book
This extensively revised second edition traces the development of the basic concepts in cardiovascular physiology in light of the accumulated experimental and clinical evidence. It considers the early embryonic circulation, where blood circulation suggests the existence of a motive force, tightly coupled to the metabolic demands of the tissues. It proposes that rather than being an organ of propulsion, the heart, serves as an organ of control, generating pressure by rhythmically impeding blood flow. New and expanded chapters cover the arterial pulse, circulation in the upright posture, microcirculation and functional heart morphology.
Heart and Circulation offers a new perspective for deeper understanding of the human cardiovascular system. It is therefore a thought-provoking resource for cardiologists, cardiac surgeons and trainees interested in models of human circulation.
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About the author
Branko Furst, MD, FFARCSI is a graduate of the University of Ljubljana School of Medicine, Slovenia and completed residency in anesthesiology at the Queen Alexandra Hospital in Portsmouth and at the Middlesex Hospitals in London, UK. In 1987 he joined the faculty at the Department of Anesthesiology at Texas Tech University Medical School in El Paso, TX. Currently he is Professor of Anesthesiology at Albany Medical College, Albany, NY and divides his time between clinical practice, research, and resident teaching. He has lectured on the integrative model of circulation nationally and internationally.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Heart and Circulation
Book Subtitle: An Integrative Model
Authors: Branko Furst
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-25062-1
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-25061-4Published: 09 December 2019
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-25064-5Published: 24 December 2020
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-25062-1Published: 27 November 2019
Edition Number: 2
Number of Pages: XL, 376
Number of Illustrations: 31 b/w illustrations, 105 illustrations in colour
Topics: Cardiology