Cardiovascular Physiology Concepts

Published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2005
ISBN: 078175030X

This new textbook, authored by Dr. Klabunde, stresses the fundamental concepts of cardiovascular physiology. It was written to enable students to learn how the cardiovascular system functions in order to build a foundation for understanding cardiovascular disease, its diagnosis and treatment. Therefore, the textbook is particularly well-suited for first and second year medical students, as well as students in allied health sciences and health profession training programs (e.g., nursing, physician assistant, cardiac rehabilitation, paramedic, exercise physiology and sports medicine). The textbook seamlessly integrates classical biophysical and biochemical principles with modern cellular physiology. These principles are placed into a clinical context by incorporating numerous pathophysiological examples and clinical cases.

The textbook consists of nine chapters (235 pages, 123 illustrations). Each chapter begins with an outline and a list of learning objectives. Chapters contain problems and clinical cases that reinforce physiologic principles. Each chapter concludes with a summary of key concepts followed by self-assessment questions in a multiple choice format. The answers, with explanations, are found in the appendix. Packaged with the textbook is a CD-ROM that contains the entire textbook in electronic form, tools to self-assess learning, and 20 supplemental files. This additional content includes more detailed explanations of concepts presented in the textbook.

The textbook chapter headings are listed below:

Chapter 1    Introduction to the Cardiovascular System
Chapter 2    Electrical Activity of the Heart
Chapter 3    Cellular Structure and Function
Chapter 4    Cardiac Function
Chapter 5    Vascular Function
Chapter 6    Neurohumoral Control of the Heart and Circulation
Chapter 7    Organ Blood Flow
Chapter 8    Exchange Function of the Microcirculation
Chapter 9    Cardiovascular Integration and Adaptation

This textbook can be purchased from amazon.com by clicking on link at right, or directly from the publisher, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.

I trust that this textbook will become your first choice for learning Cardiovascular Physiology Concepts.

Sincerely,

Richard E. Klabunde, Ph.D.
June 2004