The Physics of heart and circulation

The heart in our body basic aspects of cardiac electrical activity electrocardiography cardiac arrhythmias rhythms and analysis techniques contraction mechanism in striated muscle mechanics of the wall of the left ventricle measurement of systolic ventricular performance relaxation and diastole cardiac pump function system modelling of ventricular function biological control - a system analysis approach elasticity of tissues viscosity of media velocity profiles in large arteries atherosclerosis and blood flow diastolic flow in the left ventricle arterial haemodynamics physics of the microcirculation isolated vessels oxygen supply and exchange in the myocardium central venous pressure and control of cardiac output the effect of cardiac contraction on coronary flow.