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Biofluid mechanics in cardiovascular systems

Biofliudics has gained in importance in recent years, forcing engineers to redefine mechanical engineering theories and apply them to biological functions. To date, no book has successfully done this. Biofliud Mechanics in Cardiovascular Systems is one of the first books to take an interdisciplinary...

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Main Author: Waite, Lee
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York, NY McGraw-Hill 2006
Series:McGraw-Hill's biomedical engineering series
Subjects:
Fluid mechanics
Hemodynamics
Cardiovascular system > Mechanical properties
Cardiovascular Physiological Phenomena
Biomedical Engineering
Body Fluids > physiology
Prosthesis Implantation
Respiratory Physiological Phenomena
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Table of Contents:
  • Review of basic fluid mechanics concepts
  • Cardiovascular structure and function
  • Pulmonary anatomy, pulmonary physiology, and respiration
  • Hematology and blood rheology
  • Anatomy and physiology of blood vessels
  • Mechanics of heart valves
  • Pulsatile flow in large arteries
  • Flow and pressure measurement
  • Modeling
  • Lumped parameter mathematical models.

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