The Arterial Circulation

1 Introduction.- 1.1 Historical View of Arterial Circulation.- 1.2 Recent Developments.- 1.3 Book Content.- References.- 2 Physiology and Rheology of Arteries.- 2.1 Anatomical and Structural Organization.- 2.2 Material Properties of the Arterial Wall: Elastin, Collagen, and Smooth Muscle Cells.- 2.3 Viscoelastic Properties of Blood Vessels.- References.- 3 Theories and Models of Arterial Circulation.- 3.1 Simple Windkessel Model of the Arterial System.- 3.2 Oscillatory Blood Flow in Arteries.- 3.3 Linear Theories of Blood Flow in Arteries.- 3.4 Analogy of Arterial Blood Flow to Transmission Line.- 3.5 Distributed and Reduced Arterial Tree Models.- 3.6 Nonlinear Aspects and Pressure-Dependent Arterial Compliance.- References.- 4 Arterial Pulse Transmission Characteristics.- 4.1 Pressure and Flow Waveforms in Large and Small Arteries.- 4.2 Vascular Impedance to Blood Flow.- 4.3 Pulse Propagation, Wave Velocity, and Damping.- 4.4 Pulse Wave Reflections and Reflection Sites.- 4.5 Pulse Transmission at Vascular Branching.- 4.6 Pulse Transmission to Vascular Beds.- References.- 5 Hemodynamic Measurements and Clinical Monitoring.- 5.1 Invasive Blood Pressure Measurements.- 5.2 Noninvasive Blood Pressure Measurements.- 5.3 Blood Flow Measurements.- 5.4 Thermodilution Measurement of Cardiac Output.- 5.5 Vascular Ultrasound Dimension Measurement.- References.- 6 Arterial Circulation and the Heart.- 6.1 Coupling of Heart and Arterial System.- 6.2 Dynamic Heart-Arterial System Interactions and the Concept of Dynamic Arterial Compliance.- 6.3 Coronary Arterial Circulation.- 6.4 Hemodynamics and Modeling of Coronary Circulation.- 6.5 Myocardial Function and Arterial System Load.- References.- 7 New Approaches to Clinical Evaluations.- 7.1 Hypertension, Vascular Stiffness, and Arterial Compliance.- 7.2 Vascular Hemodynamics of Aging and Isolated Systolic Hypertension.- 7.3 Aortic Valve Stenosis and Arterial System Afterload on Left Ventricular Hypertrophy.- 7.4 Allometry and Its Diagnostic Applications.- References.