For the first time, this invaluable book shows how cardiac perfusion and pumping can be quantified and correlated. Self-contained and unified in presentation, the explanations in the compendium are detailed enough to capture the reader’s curiosity and complete enough to provide the background material to explore further into the subject.

Mathematically rigorous and clinically oriented, the book is a major resource for biomedical engineers, cardiologists, cardiac surgeons and clinicians. For students, it is an ideal textbook for senior-level courses in cardiovascular engineering.

Contents:

• Cardiac Perfusion:
• Physiomics of Coronary Perfusion and Cardiac Pumping (F Kajiya et al.)
• Left Ventricular Inhomogeneity and the Heart's Functional Reserve (F Blyakhman)
• Quantification of Cardiac Perfusion and Function Using Nuclear Cardiac Imaging (R-S Tan et al.)
• Cardiac Pumping Characteristics:
• Left Ventricular Filling Performance Characteristics (D N Ghista et al.)
• Characterization of Cardiac Dysfunction During Systolic Ejection (D N Ghista et al.)
• Assisted Perfusion and Pumping, and Myocardial Repair:
• Mechanical Circulatory Support Systems (M Akdis & H Reul)
• Development of an Axial Blood Pump (W K Chan & Y W Wong)
• and other papers