Overview of the cardiovascular system ; Characteristics of cardiac muscle cells ; Heart pump ; Electrocardiogram ; Measurements of cardiac function ; Cardiac abnormalities ; Peripheral vascular system ; Vascular control ; Central venous pressure: an indicator of circulatory hemodynamics ; Regulation of arterial pressure ; Cardiovascular responses to physiological stresses ; Cardiovascular function in pathological situations ; Answers to study questions ; Appendix A: normal values of erythrocytes, leukocytes, and platelets in adult human blood ; Appendix B: normal constituents of adult human plasma ; Appendix C: key cardiovascular variables and their normal determinants ; Appendix D: hemostasis ; Appendix E. analysis of the arterial baroreflex.

Description based on cover image and table of contents, viewed on December 22, 2010.

Print version c2010.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Also issued in print.