McDonald's Blood Flow in Arteries: Theoretical, Experimental and Clinical Principles - Hardcover

Vlachopoulos, Charalambos; O'Rourke, Michael; Nichols, Wilmer W.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0340985011 ISBN 13: 9780340985014

Publisher: CRC Press, 2011

Synopsis

For over fifty years, McDonald's Blood Flow in Arteries has remained the definitive reference work in the field of arterial hemodynamics, including arterial structure and function with special emphasis on pulsatile flow and pressure. Prestigious, authoritative and comprehensive, the sixth edition has been totally updated and revised with several new chapters. This edition continues to provide the theoretical basis required for a thorough understanding of arterial blood flow in both normal and pathological conditions, while keeping clinical considerations and readability paramount throughout the text.

New for the sixth edition

• McDonald's groundbreaking waveform analysis is extended to explain ill effects of aging on the aorta and heart, and on the small blood vessels of vital organs - brain and kidneys.
• Rigorous theory and methodology are combined to show relevance of blood pressure and flow pulsations to individual clinical problems and to results of the most recent epidemiological studies and clinical trials.
• Written by a small tightly-knit group to provide consistency and easy reference of normal and abnormal functions in arteries of all sizes in humans, experimental animals, and realistic computer models.
• Now available in a digital version, together with this book, to provide instant access to this invaluable reference resource.

Erudite, definitive yet thoroughly practical, McDonald's Blood Flow in Arteries is essential reading for modern cardiologists, intensive care physicians, anesthesiologists, gerontologists, diabetologists, nephrologists and neurologists as well as physiologists, pharmacologists and epidemiologists.

About this title

About the Author:

Wilmer W Nichols PhD - Department of Medicine and Physiology, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, FL, USA
Michael F O'Rourke MD DSc - Cardiovascular Department, St Vincent's Clinic and Hospital, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Charalambos Vlachopoulos MD - 1st Department of Cardiology, Athens Medical School, Hippokration Hospital, Athens, Greece

Review:

"With this new edition, this classic text should continue as the standard reference in the field of arterial hemodynamics. There are several excellent new chapters on various disease processes and techniques for the measurement of arterial function. These chapters significantly add to the
value of the new edition to cardiologists and basic researchers."--Doody's Journal

About this edition

• Publisher: CRC Press
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0340985011
• ISBN 13: 9780340985014
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 6
• Number of pages: 768