Ghista Dhanjoo N. (ed.) Cardiology Science and Technology

CRC Press, 2016. — 554 p. — ISBN: 9781420088069Cardiology Science and Technology comprehensively deals with the science and biomedical engineering formulations of cardiology. As a textbook, it addresses the teaching, research, and clinical aspects of cardiovascular medical engineering and computational cardiology.The books consists of two sections. The first section deals with left ventricular (LV) wall stress, cardiac contractility, ventricular remodeling, active wall stress and systolic pressure generation, and vector cardiogram characteristics, with applications in cardiology. The second section covers ECG signal analysis for arrhythmias detection, LV pumping (intra-LV, aortic and coronary flow) characteristics, and coronary bypass surgery design, with applications in cardiology and cardiac surgery.This book is like an exciting train ride through the heart and into blood flows within its chamber, the coronary tree, the aorta, and finally into coronary flow and bypass grafting. The train starts from the heart’s central station and journeys through exciting places of heart wall stresses, cardiac contractility measures to characterize heart failure, and active stress generation to develop systolic heart pressure. We learn about cardiomyopathic heart remodeling and its surgical ventricular restoration, theory of ECG and vector cardiogram with medical applications, and heart rate variability signal processing to detect cardiac arrhythmias.In the heart chamber, we witness the amazing intricate intra-ventricular flow patterns. Then, we study pressure pulse wave propagation into the aorta, determination of pulse wave velocity and arterial elasticity as a measure of arteriosclerosis. We climb into the mountainous coronary terrain and look at the fascinating scenery of coronary flows and myocardial perfusion that governs cardiac contractility. Finally, we arrive at coronary bypass grafting and witness the new sequential anastomosis design for enhanced patency.This fascinating journey helps us to fully appreciate cardiology from the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics viewpoint. The book represents what can be termed as computational cardiology, and hence belongs to the emerging field of computational medicine.Left Ventricular Wall Stress, Cardiac Elastances, Cardiac Contractility Measures, Cardiomyopathic Ventricular Remodeling and its Surgical Restoration, Active Wall Stress and Systolic Pressure Generation, Vector Cardiogram Characteristics, and Their Implications in Clinical Cardiology
Left Ventricular Wall Stress Compendium to Analyze Heart Function
Left Ventricular Wall Stress Compendium to Analyze Heart Function
Cardiac Function Assessment in Filling and Systolic Phases: Passive and Active Elastances of the Left Ventricle
Novel Cardiac Contractility Index and Ventricular-Arterial Matching Index to Serve as Markers of Heart Failure
Cardiomyopathy Effect on Left Ventricle Function (Shape and Contractility) and Improvement after Surgical Ventricular Restoration
Cardiac Contractility Measures for Left Ventricular Systolic Functional Assessment in Normal and Diseased Hearts
Analysis for Left Ventricular Pressure Increase during Isovolumic Contraction due to Active Stress Development in the Myocardial Fibers
Left Ventricular Remodeling due to Myocardial Infarction and its Surgical Ventricular Restoration
Vector Cardiogram Theory and Clinical Application
ECG Signal Analysis, Left Ventricular Pumping (Intra-Ventricular, Aortic and Coronary Flow) Characteristics, Coronary Bypass Surgery Design, and Their Implications in Clinical Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery
ECG Waveform and Heart Rate Variability Signal Analysis to Detect Cardiac Arrhythmias
Left Ventricular Blood Pump Analysis: Intra-LV Flow Velocity and Pressure, for Coronary Bypass Surgery Candidacy
Cardiac Perfusion Analysis and Computation of Intra-Myocardial Blood Flow Velocity and Pressure Patterns
Arterial Pulse Wave Propagation Analysis: Determination of Pulse Wave Velocity and Arterial Properties
Simulation of Blood Flow in Idealized and Patient-Specific Coronary Arteries with Curvatures, Stenoses, Dilatations, and Side-Branches
Intra-Left Ventricular Flow Velocity Distributions, based on Color Doppler Echo Vector Flow Mapping of Normal Subjects and Heart Failure Patients
Coronary Blood Flow Analysis and Coronary Bypass Graft Flow and Design
Coupled Sequential Anastomotic Bypass Graft (CSABG) Design