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RecordNumber
847
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Title
Cardiovascular Biomechanics
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Author Statement
edited by Peter R. Hoskins, Patricia V. Lawford, Barry J. Doyle.
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Edition
1st ed. 2017.
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Collation
1 online resource (IX, 462 pages 220 illustrations in color.)
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Notes
Introduction to fluid and solid mechanics -- Introduction to biomechanics of the cardiovascular system -- Blood and blood flow -- Arterial biomechanics I. Pressure, flow and stiffness -- Arterial biomechanics II. Forces, adaptability and mechanotransduction -- Excitation-contraction in the heart -- Biomechanics of the venous system -- Biomechanics of the microcirculation -- Medical imaging -- Modelling of the cardiovascular system -- Patient specific modelling -- Flow phantoms -- Measurement of the mechanical properties of biological tissues -- Hypertension -- Atherosclerosis -- Aneurysms -- Cardiovascular prostheses -- Appendix 1: Questions -- Appendix 2: Glossary -- Index.
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Subject
Biomedical engineering. , Cardiology. , Human physiology. , Medical physics. , Radiation. , Cardiology. , Biomedical Engineering and Bioengineering. , Human Physiology. , Medical and Radiation Physics.
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ADDED ENTRIES
Doyle, Barry J. , Hoskins, Peter R. , Lawford, Patricia V.
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