RT Book, Section
A1 Fernandez-Jimenez, Rodrigo
A1 Hoit, Brian D.
A1 Walsh, Richard A.
A1 Fuster, Valentin
A1 Ibanez, Borja
A2 Fuster, Valentin
A2 Harrington, Robert A.
A2 Narula, Jagat
A2 Eapen, Zubin J.
SR Print(0)
ID 1161723424
T1 NORMAL PHYSIOLOGY oF THE CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM
T2 Hurst's The Heart, 14e
YR 2017
FD 2017
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9780071843249
LK accesscardiology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1161723424
RD 2024/04/19
AB The  principal  function  of  the  cardiovascular  system  is  to  deliver  oxygen  and  nutrients  to  metabolizing  tissues  and  remove  carbon  dioxide  and  wastes  from  these  tissues.  This  is  accomplished  by  means  of  two  specialized  circulations  in  series:  a  low-resistance  pulmonary  and  a  high-resistance  systemic  circulation  driven  by  specialized  muscle  pumps,  the  right  and  left  heart  (each  in  turn  composed  of  a  thin-walled  atrium  and  thicker-walled  ventricle),  respectively.  Although  cardiovascular  physiology  can  be  understood  at  a  number  of  hierarchical  levels,  the  complex  interplay  among  the  intrinsic  properties  of  the  cardiomyocytes  and  isolated  muscle,  chamber  mechanics,  and  their  modulation  by  variable  cardiac-loading  conditions  and  neurohormonal  and  renal  compensatory  mechanisms  determines  the  integrated  performance  of  the  cardiovascular  system.  Accordingly,  cardiovascular  physiology  will  be  examined  at  cellular,  isolated  muscle,  and  organ  (isolated  heart  and  integrated  systems)  levels.