Human Circulation

Loring B. Rowell is a Professor of Physiology and Biophysics and of Medicine (Cardiology) at the University of Washington School of Medicine. He has published over 100 research papers, chapters, and review articles and served on the editorial boards of American Journal of Physiology, Journal of Applied Physiology, and Circulation Research, and on national and international scientific review boards.

Introduction; General principles of vascular control; The venous system; Control of individual vascular beds - splanchnic and renal ciculations; Cutaneous and skeletal muscle circulations; Cerebral and coronary circulations; Adjustments to upright posture and blood loss; Thermal stress; Circulatory adjustments to dynamic exercise; Cardiovascular adaptations to chronic physical activity and inactivity; How are cardiovascular and metabolic functions matched during exercise - what is the exercise stimulus?; Cardiovascular adjustments to hypoxemia; Circulatory adjustments to dynamic exercise and heat stress - competing controls; Index.