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Modern cardiovascular physiology is an evolving discipline. William Harvey published his classic treatise in 1628, describing the circulation of blood and the role of the heart. Since then, great strides have been made in the field of cardiovascular physiology. New insights in molecular and cellular biology are changing the way we think about the heart, the circulatory system, and their interaction. It is imperative for anesthesiologists to have a good knowledge of cardiovascular physiology as it plays a central role in patient care in the perioperative setting. The first part of this chapter focuses on describing the electrical activity of the heart and its interaction with the contractile apparatus to generate a cardiac cycle. The second part of the chapter deals with regulation of the heart and cardiac reflexes. The chapter concludes with a brief description of the circulatory system, the microcirculation, and important aspects of coronary blood flow.

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  1. Department of General Anesthesiology, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH, USA

    Sandeep Khanna

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  1. Departments of General Anesthesia and Outcomes Research, Anesthesiology Institute, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine, Case Western University, Cleveland, OH, USA

    Ehab Farag

  2. Center for Anesthesiology Education, Anesthesiology Institute, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine, Cleveland, OH, USA

    Maged Argalious

  3. Department of General Anesthesia, Anesthesiology Institute, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA

    John E. Tetzlaff

  4. Department of Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA

    Deepak Sharma

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Khanna, S. (2018). Cardiovascular Physiology. In: Farag, E., Argalious, M., Tetzlaff, J.E., Sharma, D. (eds) Basic Sciences in Anesthesia. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-62067-1_17

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