Snapshots of Hemodynamics

Nicolaas Westerhof is a Professor Emeritus of Physiology based at VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam where his fields of interest include cardiovascular hemodynamics. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA. He was director of the Institute for Cardiovascular Research at VUMC (now Amsterdam Cardiovascular Sciences). Nico Westerhof is a knight in the Order of the Lion of the Netherlands. He received an Honorary Doctorate from the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland; the 'Oeuvre-prize' of the Netherlands Society of Physiology and the 'Lifetime Achievement Award' of ARTERY Society. Nikos Stergiopulos is Director of the Laboratory of Hemodynamics and Cardiovascular Technology (LHTC), part of the Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne in Switzerland. His fields of interest include arterial wall mechanics, vascular remodeling, atherogenesis and restenosis, arterial wave propagation, heart-arterial system interaction, cardiac mechanics, angioplasty & stenting and implantable devices.

Viscosity.- Law of Poiseuille.- Bernoulli's Equation.- Turbulence.- Arterial Stenosis.- Resistance.- Inertance.- Oscillatory Flow Theory.- Law of Laplace.- Elasticity.- Compliance.- Wave Travel and Reflection.- Cardiac Muscle Mechanics.- The Pressure-Volume Relation.- The Pump Function Graph.- Cardiac Work, Energy and Power.- Cardiac Oxygen Consumption and Hemodynamics.- Cardiac Power and Ventriculo-Arterial Coupling.- Coronary Hemodynamics.- Assessing Ventricular Function.- Wave Travel and Pulse Wave Velocity.- Wave Separation and Waveform Analysis.- Wave Intensity Analysis.- Arterial Input Impedance.- The Arterial Windkessel.- Distributed Models and Tube Models.- Transfer of Pressure.- Pulmonary Hemodynamics.- Mechanotransduction and Vascular Remodeling.- Blood Flow and Arterial Disease.- Determinants of Pressure and Flow.- Comparative Physiology.- Appendices.