Written by an eminent cardiovascular physiologist with a strong track record in dealing with issues related to exercise and environmental physiology, this text covers cardiovascular function from the exercise and human physiologist'sviewpoint. It provides a solid foundation of knowledge of how the cardiovascular system responds and adapts to the challenges of exercise and environmentalchange, and analyses the practicalities of measuring cardiovascular parameters in normal human subjects. INDICE: Chapter 1 - INTRODUCTION Chapter 2 - CARDIAC ACTIVATIONChapter 3 -CARDIAC OUTPUT Chapter 4 - BLOOD PRESSURE Chapter 5 - VASOMOTOR REGULATION INEXERCISEChapter 6 - THE VASCULAR SYSTEMChapter 7 - LOCAL REGULATION OF PERIPHERAL VASCULAR FUNCTION Chapter 8 - MEASURING PERIPHERAL VASCULAR FUNCTIONChapter 9 - PULMONARY VASCULAR FUNCTIONChapter 10 - CIRCULATORY LIMITS TO EXERCISE Chapter 11 - ADVERSE CIRCULATORY EFFECTS OF EXERCISEChapter 12 - CARDIOVASCULAR ADAPTATIONS TO TRAININGChapter 13 - EFFECTS OF HIGH ALTITUDE
- ISBN: 978-0-443-06965-9
- Editorial: Churchill Livingstone
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 200
- Fecha Publicación: 15/07/2008
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés