The Textbooks

Cardiovascular Physiology Concepts, 3rd edition textbook, Published by Wolters Kluwer (2021)

Normal and Abnormal Blood Pressure, published by Richard E. Klabunde (2013)

Glossary: Index of Keywords

abdominothoracic pump

aortic stenosis

active hyperemia

ankle pressure index

arachidonic acid

arterial blood pressure

arterial pulse pressure

atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP)

autonomic nervous system

blood flow, local regulation

brain natriuretic peptide (BNP)

carbohydrates (cardiac energy source)

carbon dioxide, vasodilation

cardiac dysfunction

cardiac function curves

cardiac metabolism

cardiac output curves

cardiac output measurement

collateral blood flow

conduction (electrical)

coronary artery disease

coronary blood flow

coronary circulation

critical stenosis

diastolic dysfunction

diastolic pressure

ejection fraction

electrocardiogram

electrophysiology

essential hypertension

exertional angina

fatty acids (cardiac energy source)

force-velocity relationship

Frank-Starling mechanism

guanylyl cyclase

hibernating myocardium

hydrogen ion, vasodilation

hydrostatic pressure

hyperemia, active

hyperemia, reactive

intermittent claudication

ion conductance

ischemia, demand

ischemia, supply

ketones (cardiac energy source)

lactate (cardiac energy source)

lactic acid, vasodilation

Length-tension relationship

mean electrical axis

metabolism, aerobic

metabolism, anaerobic

metabolism, oxidative

mitral stenosis

myocardial infarction

myocardial metabolism

myocardial oxygen balance

myocardial oxygen consumption

myocardial oxygen extraction

myogenic mechanisms

Na⁺/K⁺-ATPase

oncotic pressure

overdrive suppression

oxygen consumption

oxygen consumption, brain

oxygen consumption, heart rate

oxygen consumption, inotropy

oxygen consumption, kidney

oxygen consumption, muscle

oxygen consumption, skin

oxygen consumption, stroke volume

oxygen extraction

pacemaker potentials

parallel resistance

parasympathetic nerves

peripheral artery disease

phosphate, inorganic, vasodilation

Poiseuille’s Equation

potassium ion, vasodilation

preconditioning

pressure gradient

pressure-volume loop

Prinzmetal’s angina

pulmonary capillary wedge pressure

reactive hyperemia

receptors (cardiac)

receptors (vascular)

reperfusion injury

resistance to blood flow

respiratory pump

Reynolds number

secondary hypertension

series resistance

signal transduction mechanisms

skeletal muscle blood flow

ST segment depression

ST segment elevation

stress relaxation

stunned myocardium

sympathetic nerves

systemic vascular function curves

systemic vascular resistance

systolic dysfunction

systolic pressure

transmural pressure

unstable angina

Valsalva maneuver

vascular function curves

vascular networks

vascular resistance

vasodilation (metabolic mechanisms)

venous pressure

venous return curves

ventricular septal defect

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