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- Editors:
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Jan Baan
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Leiden University Hospital, Leiden, The Netherlands
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Alexander C. Arntzenius
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Leiden University Hospital, Leiden, The Netherlands
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Edward L. Yellin
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Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, USA
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Table of contents (49 chapters)
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Pump Function and Filling: Interaction with the Low Pressure System
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- P. Brun, C. Oddou, P. Dantan, J. P. Laporte, F. Laurent, P. Perrot
Pages 169-181
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- J. H. M. Nieuwenhuijs, D. J. Venderink
Pages 183-190
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- Robert M. Heethaar, Khaled El-Shuraydeh, Tjeerd Van Der Werf
Pages 191-196
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- Babeth Rabinowitz, Israel Tamari, Henry N. Neufeld
Pages 197-207
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- K. P. Pfeiffer, T. Kenner, J. Schaefer
Pages 209-216
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- H. N. Mayrovitz, R. Castillo, R. Llamas, J. Raines
Pages 217-227
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Pump Function and Ejection: Interaction with Systemic Load and Coronary Perfusion
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Front Matter
Pages 229-229
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- D. L. Schultz, L. B. Tan, G. J. De Lee, B. Rajagopalan, G. W. Cherry, W. D. Gundel et al.
Pages 231-247
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- Bernd Wüsten, Wolfgang Schaper
Pages 249-259
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- T. Kenner, K. P. Pfeiffer
Pages 261-270
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- Hiroyuki Suga, Kiichi Sagawa
Pages 271-278
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- Peter L. M. Kerkhof, Arjan D. Van Dijk, Tjong Aouw Jong, Jan Koops, Rudolf J. Moene, Jan Baan
Pages 279-291
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- Fumihiko Kajiya, Noritake Hoki, Michitoshi Inoue
Pages 293-299
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- Andrew P. Selwyn, Tim Clay, Kim M. Fox
Pages 301-309
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Measuring Cardiac Performance: Aims and Validity of Invasive and Noninvasive Measurement
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Front Matter
Pages 321-321
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- Paul G. Hugenholtz, Clifford V. Nelson
Pages 339-353
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- J. Yasha Kresh, Walter Welkowitz, Byoung G. Min, Sylvan Fich, Casimir A. Kulikowski
Pages 355-368
About this book
Cardiac Dynamics is the name of a relatively young field of study, born from the fruitful interaction between branches of two different disciplines: medicine and physics. "Dynamics" is the branch of physics which deals with the action of forces on bodies or particles in motion or at rest. "Cardiac" relates to the clinical field of cardiology but also to cardiophysiology, both of which are specialized branches of medicine. Narrower than the well established field of Hemodynamics, Cardiac Dynamics is restricted to dynamic phenomena occurring in and around the heart. The mathematical treatment of such phenomena, however, is vastly more complex because of the intricate nature of the mechanisms involved in the cardiac action. Thus, whereas hemodynamics is concerned with predominantly passive (visco-) elastic structures - vessels - containing time-variant flow of viscous flui- blood -, the mechanical study of the heart requires additional con siderations such as: active elastic components representing the contractile mechanism of cardiac muscle, complex geometry and fiber structure in the myocardial wall, autoregulatory mechanisms, and intricate flow patterns associated with valve motion. Viewed in this light it is not surprising that attempts to describe ventricular pump function and to quantify contractile performance have not reached the level of sophistication which is common in e. g. arterial hemodynamics. For the same reason, many of the often simplified approaches to describe ventricular mechanics failed to stand up to more rigorous theoretical, experimental or clinical testing.