The cardiovascular system
By: Alan Noble ... [et al.].
Contributors: Noble, Alan.
Edition: 2nd ed.
Series: Systems of the body; Systems of the body
Publisher: Elsevier Churchill Livingstone
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Edinburgh; New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780702033742
Subjects: Cardiovascular system; Cardiovascular system -- Pathophysiology; Cardiovascular Physiological Phenomena; Cardiovascular Diseases -- physiopathology
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: A design specification for the cardiovascular system; title: Cardiac muscle structure   and function; title: The heart as a pump : valve function and valve disease; title: Regulation of cardiac function; title: Blood supply to the heart; title: Heart failure; title: The electrocardiogram (ECG); title: Large blood vessels; title: Resistance blood vessels; title: Arterial blood pressure; title: Capillary function and the lymphatic system; title: Fetal cardiovascular system and congenital heart disease; title: Exercise and the cardiovascular system; title: Haemorrhage and circulatory shock.