Cardiovascular Physiology

Cardiovascular Physiology — Medicine

How it begins

Mecánica cardíaca, hemodinámica, sistemas de regulación neurohormonal y correlaciones clínicas integrales — desde el potencial de acción hasta el control del gasto cardíaco y la presión arterial.

What it covers

1. Cardiovascular Physiology
2. Organization of the Cardiovascular System and Fundamental Properties
3. · Anatomo-Functional Organization
4. · The Cardiac Muscle: Unique Properties
5. · Cardiac Action Potential
6. The Cardiac Cycle
7. · Cardiac Cycle Events — Left Ventricle
8. · Heart Noises
9. Cardiac Output and its Determinants
10. · Frank-Starling law
11. · Determinants of Cardiac Output
12. Conduction System and ECG Bases
13. · Electrophysiological Anatomy
14. · Physiological Bases of the ECG
15. · Autonomic Regulation of the Heart
16. Hemodynamics and Systemic Circulation
17. · Blood Pressure and Vascular Resistance
18. · Microcirculation and Capillary Exchange
19. · Coronary Circulation
20. · Pulmonary Circulation
21. · Special Circulations
22. Neurohormonal Regulation of Blood Pressure
23. · Baroreceptor Reflex (Baroreflex)
24. · Renin-Angiotensin-Aldosterone System (RAAS)
25. · Natriuretic Peptides (ANP / BNP / NT-proBNP)
26. · Cardiovascular Adaptations to Exercise
27. Fundamental Clinical Correlations
28. · Heart Failure (HF)
29. · Essential Arterial Hypertension
30. · Physiological Bases of Arrhythmias
31. · Pathophysiology of Valvulopathies
32. · Pathophysiology of Shock