ENGLISH

The Physics of Coronary Blood Flow

By M. Zamir

Book information

Publisher
Springer
Year
2005
ISBN
0387252975, 9780387252971, 9780387260198
Open Library ID
OL9523171M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
6 MB (5779240 bytes)
Series
Biological and Medical Physics, Biomedical Engineering
Edition
1
Pages
417\417
Topic
Biology Biophysics
Library
mexmat
Time added
2009-07-20 03:45:11
Биологические дисциплины;Биофизика

Description

Coronary blood flow is blood flow to the heart for its own metabolic needs. In the most common form of heart disease there is a disruption in this flow because of obstructive disease in the vessels that carry the flow. The subject of coronary blood flow is therefore associated mostly with the pathophysiology of this disease, rarely with dynamics or physics. Yet, the system responsible for coronary blood flow, namely the "coronary circulation," is a highly sophisticated dynamical system in which the dynamics and physics of the flow are as important as the integrity of the conducting vessels.This book is devoted specifically to the dynamics and physics of coronary blood flow. While it upholds the clinical and pathophysiological issues involved, the book focuses on dynamics and physics, approaching the subject from a strictly biomedical engineering viewpoint. The rationale for this approach is simply that the coronary circulation involves many issues in dynamics and physics, as the book will demonstrate.

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