Circulatory Response To The Upright Posture

Author : James J. Smith
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1990-09-24
Category : Medical
ISBN : 084936518X

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Circulatory Response to the Upright Posture by James J. Smith Pdf

This is the only up-to-date systematic review of normal human response to upright posture and lower body negative pressure (LBNP). It analyzes the key factors that influence postural tolerance, such as physical fitness, weightlessness, age, and sex. It also provides extensive details on the circulatory changes that have occurred during U.S. and Soviet manned space flights. The text is brilliantly illustrated with diagrams, tables, and comments on circulatory methods. Readers will discover some information which has never before been published. This one-of-a-kind volume also reviews the diagnosis and treatment of orthostatic hypotension-an extremely common orthostatic disorder. Circulatory Response to the Upright Posture is the first available literature since 1982 of human physiological and pathophysiological aspects of postural tolerance. A wide variety of readers will find this title interesting and of value. Circulatory physiologists, cardiologists, and everyone with an interest in exercise physiology, aging, space physiology, and environmental physiology will especially benefit from this writing.

Author : Branko Furst
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 394 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2019-11-27
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9783030250621

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The Heart and Circulation by Branko Furst Pdf

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.

Author : Ihor Gussak,Charles Antzelevitch,Arthur A.M. Wilde,Brian D. Powell,Michael J. Ackerman,Win-Kuang Shen
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 682 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2013-05-23
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781447149781

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Electrical Diseases of the Heart by Ihor Gussak,Charles Antzelevitch,Arthur A.M. Wilde,Brian D. Powell,Michael J. Ackerman,Win-Kuang Shen Pdf

Electrical Disease of the Heart, 2nd Edition, volume 2, covers the diagnostic and treatment options available in the management of electrical diseases and with its companion volume provides the latest developments in the field of experimental and clinical cardiac electrophysiology, genetics, pharmacology and interventional therapies of various clinical arrhythmogenic entities. This book is highly relevant to a broad audience, ranging from medical and graduate students, to clinicians and scientists.

Author : Loring B. Rowell
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 522 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Medical
ISBN : 0195073622

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Human Cardiovascular Control by Loring B. Rowell Pdf

This new analysis of reflex and hormonal control of the human cardiovascular system developed from questions raised in Human Circulation: During Physical Stress (Rowell, 1986) and from recent findings. The goal is to help students, physiologists and clinicians understand the control of pressure, vascular volume, and blood flow by examining the cardiovascular system during orthostasis and exercise, two stresses that most affect these variables. A discussion of the passive physical properties of the vascular system provides a basis for explaining how vascular control is modified by mechanical, neural, and humoral factors. Interactive effects of the vasculature on cardiac performance are emphasized; they reveal the importance of autonomic control, supplemented by muscle pumping, in maintaining adequate ventricular filling pressure. The author's detailed analysis of how total oxygen consumption is restricted focuses on limitations in cardiac pumping ability, oxygen diffusion from lungs to blood and from blood to active muscle, oxidative metabolism and neural control of organ blood flow. An unsolved mystery is the nature of the signals that govern the cardiovascular responses to exercise. This is discussed in a new and critical synthesis of ideas and evidence concerning the "error signals" that are sensed and then corrected by activation of the autonomic nervous system during exercise.

Author : Thomas F.H. Schmidt,Bernard T. Engel,Gerhard Blümchen
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 401 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2013-04-18
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9783662027486

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Temporal Variations of the Cardiovascular System by Thomas F.H. Schmidt,Bernard T. Engel,Gerhard Blümchen Pdf

Although it is widely recognized that there are significant variations in the circulation throughout the 24-hour day, these patterns have often been conceived as nuisance variables rather than functional differences. Responses of the circulation are examined here not as stable phenomena, but as integrated functions highly sensitive to environmental conditions, and driven by internal and external pacesetters. In this volume, cardiologists with a primary interest in hypertension or heart disease, chronobiologists, and psychologists join together for the first time to give the reader the opportunity to learn the extent and clinical significance of these changes from a chronobiological, behavioral and physiological perspective.

Author : Donald Glenn Byrne,Ray H. Rosenman
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 522 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Anxiety
ISBN : 0891168605

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Anxiety and the Heart by Donald Glenn Byrne,Ray H. Rosenman Pdf

Examines anxiety from both biological and behavioural points of view and combines three areas of anxiety - cognitive developments, psychophysiological developments and health development - normally examined independently.

Author : Mario J. Garcia
Publisher : Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Page : 768 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2012-03-28
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781451148527

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NonInvasive Cardiovascular Imaging: A Multimodality Approach by Mario J. Garcia Pdf

This textbook covers the fundamental principles of cardiovascular imaging modalities and their applications for the diagnosis of cardiovascular diseases. The main focus is on the comprehensive diagnosis of clinical conditions/disease entities through the most effective cardiovascular imaging test or combination. The authors discuss the clinical utility and relative value of each test to address specific clinical questions, based on evidence and expert opinion. Each chapter presents information in the following format: overview, discussion of pathophysiology; differential diagnosis/diagnostic evaluation; prognosis; therapeutic guidance with illustration of treatment pathway. A companion Website will offer the full text, ten multiple-choice questions for each chapter, still and cine images, and imaging clips.

Author : I.M. Korr
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 464 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781468489026

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The Neurobiologic Mechanisms in Manipulative Therapy by I.M. Korr Pdf

At the request of a Subcommittee of the United States Senate, in February, 1975, the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (now the National Institute of Neurological and Communi cative Disorders and Stroke) conducted a Workshop on the Research Status of Spinal Manipulative Therapy. The Workshop was held in response to the Senate Subcommittee's request for an "independent unbiased study of the fundamentals of the chiropractic profession. " Since spinal manipulative therapy is a key tenet of chiropractic, the Institute felt a research workshop focused on that issue would provide a useful base upon which to examine the broad concept of the role of biomechanical alterations of the spine in health and disease. This would include the pathophysiologic and clinical hypotheses formulated by medical and osteopathic physicians as w~ll as chiropractors. Why the relatively sudden interest of the Senate Subcommittee in chiropractic? There were probably many reasons for that interest, but suffice to say anticipation of discussion on the role of chiro practic in any national system of health insurance could in itself have provided adequate stimulus for the request. In any case, the NINCDS was asked to review what was and what was not known about the fundamentals of chiropractic. I stress "fundamentals" since as a research organization, the NINCDS is not charged with review ing matters such as clinical education, licensure or clinical prac tice. A small expert committee of scientific consultants helped the Institute design the format and agenda for the Workshop.

Author : G. E. W. Wolstenholme
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2009-09-14
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780470716205

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Visceral Circulation by G. E. W. Wolstenholme Pdf

The Novartis Foundation Series is a popular collection of the proceedings from Novartis Foundation Symposia, in which groups of leading scientists from a range of topics across biology, chemistry and medicine assembled to present papers and discuss results. The Novartis Foundation, originally known as the Ciba Foundation, is well known to scientists and clinicians around the world.

Author : David H.P. Streeten
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 277 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781468489620

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Orthostatic Disorders of the Circulation by David H.P. Streeten Pdf

Most of us spend at least two-thirds of our lives either sitting or standing. It is somewhat surprising, therefore, to find not a single book devoted to disorders caused by derangements of the normal physiological adjustments to changes in posture. In fact, until very recently, medical students have not even been advised to measure the blood pressure and heart rate in the upright posture as part of the routine physical examination. Although Bradbury and Eggleston first described orthostatic hypotension as a consequence of autonomic insufficiency in 1925, interest in orthostatic disorders has been slow to develop in the subsequent years. It is well known that the change from recumbency to the standing posture stimulates neurological, endocrine, and cardiovascular adjustments that ensure maintenance of a normal circulation despite the effects of gravitational forces. The mechanisms of these physiological responses to orthostasis have been stud ied by many investigators. Some of the defects to which antigravitational com pensatory mechanisms are subject, such as postural hypotension resulting from autonomic failure, have been studied intensively and have become part of the general knowledge of most medical practitioners. Other orthostatic disorders such as various other postural abnormalities of blood pressure control, and orthostatic edema-have received far less attention and have been unable to compete with the more dramatic and life-threatening ailments of humankind for a place in our standard medical texts. These disorders often give rise to distressing symptoms and may lead to severe impairment of health.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1476 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Medicine
ISBN : OSU:32436010178778

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Cumulated Index Medicus by Anonim Pdf

Author : Crispian Oates
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2001-01-09
Category : Medical
ISBN : 1841100218

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Cardiovascular Haemodynamics and Doppler Waveforms Explained by Crispian Oates Pdf

This book provides the necessary understanding of the physical principles to produce clear and diagnostically secure Doppler ultrasound scans.

Author : Christopher J. Mathias,Sir Roger Bannister
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 922 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2013-06-13
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780198566342

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Autonomic Failure by Christopher J. Mathias,Sir Roger Bannister Pdf

This new edition makes diagnosis increasingly precise by fully evaluating the underlying anatomical and functional deficits, and continues to provide practitioners from a variety of fields with a rational guide to aid in the recognition and management of autonomic disorders.

Author : Matthew N. Levy,Bruce M. Koeppen,Bruce A. Stanton
Publisher : Elsevier Health Sciences
Page : 835 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2005-09-09
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780323064576

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Berne & Levy Principles of Physiology E-Book by Matthew N. Levy,Bruce M. Koeppen,Bruce A. Stanton Pdf

Here's a succinct, up-to-date summary of the physiological processes that take place in the human body, written in a straightforward and easy-to-understand manner. Derived from Berne et al.'s more lengthy text, Physiology, 5th Edition, it concisely and efficiently covers all of the most need-to-know concepts in the field. Updates include discussions of how the most recent findings in molecular biology and genetics affect our knowledge of physiology. A wealth of case examples, full-color artwork, review questions with answers, and boxes, tables, and graphs help readers to easily and thoroughly master the material. The smart way to study! Elsevier titles with STUDENT CONSULT will help you master difficult concepts and study more efficiently in print and online! Perform rapid searches. Integrate bonus content from other disciplines. Download text to your handheld device. And a lot more. Each STUDENT CONSULT title comes with full text online, a unique image library, case studies, USMLE style questions, and online note-taking to enhance your learning experience. Provides shaded "clinical boxes" to demonstrate abstract concepts' relevance to human physiological phenomena. Offers case examples that show how physiological processes respond to various stimuli or to pathological processes. Delivers hundreds of full-color illustrations that make complex physiological principles easy to grasp quickly. Includes abundant graphs, figures, and tables that display information at a glance. Presents review questions and answers that allow readers to evaluate their comprehension. Incorporates a great deal of new information on how new discoveries in molecular biology and genetics affect our understanding of human physiology. Includes access to www.studentconsult.com — with the full text of the book online, integration links to relevant material from other STUDENT CONSULT texts, online self-assessment activities, a community center, and other valuable features.

Author : Richard E. Klabunde
Publisher : Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Page : 689 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2020-12-01
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781975150099

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Cardiovascular Physiology Concepts by Richard E. Klabunde Pdf

Praised for its concise coverage, this highly accessible monograph lays a foundation for understanding the underlying concepts of normal cardiovascular function and offers a welcome alternative to a more mechanistically oriented approach or an encyclopedic physiology text. Clear explanations, ample illustrations and engaging clinical cases and problems provide the perfect guidance for self-directed learning and prepare you to excel in clinical practice.