Cardiovascular hemodynamics for the clinician / edited by George A. Stouffer.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Stouffer, George A.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hemodynamics.

Heart--Diseases--Diagnosis.

Heart.

Heart--Diseases--Treatment.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (314 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Malden, MA : Blackwell Futura, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Now you have a dependable guide to the practical application of hemodynamics. This concise handbook will help both practicing and prospective clinicians better understand and interpret the hemodynamic data used to make specific diagnoses and monitor ongoing therapy. Written from the perspective of a clinician, this convenient paperback opens with an overview of the basics of hemodynamics, then devotes chapters to specific disease states. Topics include: coronary artery disease cardiomyopathies valve disease arrhythmias pericardial disease Numerous pressu

Contents:

Cardiovascular Hemodynamics for the Clinician; Contents; List of Contributors; Preface; Part I Basics of hemodynamics; 1 Introduction to basic hemodynamic principles; 2 The nuts and bolts of right heart catheterization and PA catheter placement; 3 Normal hemodynamics; 4 Arterial pressure; 5 The atrial waveform; 6 Cardiac output; 7 Detection, localization, and quantification of intracardiac shunts; Part II Valvular heart disease; 8 Aortic stenosis; 9 Mitral stenosis; 10 Aortic regurgitation; 11 Mitral regurgitation; 12 The tricuspid valve; Part III Cardiomyopathies

13 Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy14 Heart failure; 15 Restrictive cardiomyopathy; Part IV Pericardial disease; 16 Constrictive pericarditis; 17 Cardiac tamponade; 18 Effusive-constrictive pericarditis; Part V Miscellaneous; 19 Right ventricular myocardial infarction; 20 Pulmonary hypertension; 21 Coronary hemodynamics; 22 Hemodynamics of intra-aortic balloon counterpulsation; 23 Arrhythmias; 24 Hemodynamics of pacemakers; 25 Unknowns; Appendices; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-4443-5724-7

1-281-30936-2

9786611309367

0-470-69260-X

0-470-69170-0

OCLC:

476170013