Cardiovascular Physiology Concepts

This uniquely readable, compact, and concise monograph lays a foundation of knowledge of the underlying concepts of normal cardiovascular function. Students welcome the books broad overview as a practical partner or alternative to a more mechanistically oriented approach or an encyclopedic physiology text. Especially clear explanations, ample illustrations, a helpful glossary of terms, tutorials, and chapteropening learning objectives provide superb guidance for selfdirected learning and help fill the gap in many of todays abbreviated physiology blocks. A focus on wellestablished cardiovascular principles reflects recent, widely accepted cardiovascular research.The supplemental CDROM is an interactive, dynamically linked version of the book, which is organized by normal cardiovascular function and cardiac disease. Students may begin a path of questioning with, for example, a disease condition and then pursue background information through a series of links. Students can also link to the authors regularly updated Web site for additional clinical information.