The Cardiovascular System

A textbook on the cardiovascular system for medical students, offering an integrated coverage of the basic science and major diseases of the system.

job description for the cardiovascular system. Development of the heart and congenital heart disease. What makes the heart contract. Conduction defects in the heart. The heart as a pump: valve function and valve disease. Cardiac muscle: structure, function and pathology. Cardiac failure. Blood flow distribution. Regulation of arterial blood pressure. The lymphatic system. Exercise and the cardiovascular system. Haemorrhage and circulatory shock.

Medical students