Applied Cardiovascular Physiology

Basic Cardiovascular Physiology.- Left Ventricular Pump Function.- Left Ventricular Afterload and Ventriculo-Arterial Coupling.- The Cardiovascular Management of the Critically ill Patient.- Right Ventricular Function.- Pharmacologic Support of Critically ill Patients.- Heart-Lung Interactions.- Physiology of Tissue Oxygen Delivery.- Splanchnic Blood Flow.- Tissue Oxygenation.- Clinical Applications.- Rationale for Hemodynamic Monitoring.- Invasive Hemodynamic Monitoring.- Analog Values From Invasive Hemodynamic Monitoring.- Non-Invasive Hemodynamic and Metabolic Monitoring.- Non-Invasive Estimation of the Effective Pulmonary Blood Flow and Gas Exchange From Respiratory Analysis.- Hemodynamic Assessment of the Critically ill Patient Using Transesophageal Echocardiography.- Goals of Resuscitation.- Physiology of VO2/DO2.- Pathophysiology of VO2/DO2 in Sepsis.- Metabolic Targets in Acute Resuscitation.- Cardiovascular Support by Hemodynamic Subsets.- Hemorrhagic Shock: From Physiology to Molecular Biology.- Cardiogenic Shock.- Cardiovascular Support by Hemodynamic Subset: Sepsis.- Extracorporeal Support.