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Pulse Waves

How Vascular Hemodynamics Affects Blood Pressure

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Authors:
  1. Paolo Salvi

    1. Istituto Auxologico Italiano, Milano, Italy

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  • Summarizes the hemodynamics of hypertension and its implications for treatment

  • Describes the elements that define blood pressure and explains important concepts

  • Answers key questions on arterial hypertension faced during everyday clinical practice

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv
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  2. Vascular Hemodynamics and Blood Pressure

    • Paolo Salvi
    Pages 1-17

  3. Pulse Wave Velocity and Arterial Stiffness Assessment

    • Paolo Salvi
    Pages 19-68

  4. Arterial Stiffness and Blood Pressure Variability

    • Paolo Salvi
    Pages 69-78

  5. Central Blood Pressure: Part 1, Pathophysiology

    • Paolo Salvi
    Pages 79-107

  6. Central Blood Pressure: Part 2, Pulse Wave Analysis

    • Paolo Salvi
    Pages 109-173

  7. Aortic Stiffness and Myocardial Ischemia

    • Paolo Salvi
    Pages 175-198

  8. Arterial Stiffness in Chronic Kidney Disease

    • Paolo Salvi
    Pages 199-206

  9. Pulse Wave Velocity and Pulse Wave Analysis in Experimental Animals

    • Paolo Salvi
    Pages 211-219

  10. Erratum to: Pulse Waves

    • Paolo Salvi
    Pages E1-E1

  11. Back Matter

    Pages 217-217
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About this book

This new, revised and updated edition takes into account the most recent advances in the understanding of human pathophysiology. The book presents the complex basic principles of vascular hemodynamics and its pathophysiologie in a direct and effective way, stressing the importance of the mechanical properties of large arteries in the origin of blood pressure. The readily understandable text, supported by helpful images, describes the elements that define blood pressure and explains such important concepts as pulse wave velocity, central blood pressure, reflected waves, and pulse pressure amplification. Entirely new chapters are included on the sympathetic nervous system and arterial stiffness and on the role played by arterial stiffness in influencing blood pressure variability. The book will enable the physician to answer some of the key questions encountered when addressing the problem of arterial hypertension in everyday clinical practice: How is blood pressure generated? How should blood pressure values be interpreted? Is systolic blood pressure of greater importance than diastolic blood pressure?

Authors and Affiliations

  • Istituto Auxologico Italiano, Milano, Italy

    Paolo Salvi

About the author

Paolo Salvi, MD, PhD, is a specialist in Internal Medicine and Cardiology. He was Associate Professor in Internal Medicine, Geriatrics and Biology of Aging at Henri Poincaré University of Nancy (France) from 2007 to 2010. At present he is a researcher at the Istituto Auxologico Italiano in Milan, and adjunct professor in Cardiology at University of Milano-Bicocca, Milan (Italy).

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Pulse Waves

  • Book Subtitle: How Vascular Hemodynamics Affects Blood Pressure

  • Authors: Paolo Salvi

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-40501-8

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing 2017

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-40499-8Published: 11 November 2016

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-82119-1Published: 22 April 2018

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-40501-8Published: 29 October 2016

  • Edition Number: 2

  • Number of Pages: XV, 217

  • Number of Illustrations: 97 b/w illustrations, 103 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Cardiology, Angiology, Phlebology, Human Physiology

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