Heart Physiology
Subtitle: From Cell to Circulation
Edition: 4 edition
Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Published: December 1, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 640
ISBN-13: 9780781742788
Subjects: Cardiovascular medicine; Physiology; Medical; Medical / Nursing; Cardiology; Medical / Test Preparation & Review; Heart cells; Heart; Metabolism
Description: Integrates cellular and subcellular elements of cardiovascular physiology in the analysis of physiologic and pathophysiologic responses. In straightforward terms, with more than 600 diagrams and illustrations, the book explains the key principles crucial to understanding how the cardiovascular system and its components function and malfunction. For this edition, Dr. Opie has enlisted eight internationally eminent co-authors and added a new chapter on cell signaling. The chapters on physiology of the ECG and arrhythmias contain many more ECGs. More than half of the illustrations-including 12 color plates-are new.