General Features of the Cardiovascular System -- Anatomy -- Cardiac Development -- Anatomy of the Thoracic Wall, Pulmonary Cavities, and Mediastinum -- Anatomy of the Human Heart -- Comparative Cardiac Anatomy -- The Coronary System and Associated Medical Devices -- The Pericardium -- Physiology and assessment -- Cardiac Myocytes -- The Cardiac Conduction System -- Autonomic Nervous System -- Cardiac and Vascular Receptors and Signal Transduction -- Reversible and Irreversible Damage of the Myocardium -- The Effects of Anesthetic Agents on Cardiac Function -- Blood Pressure, Heart Tones, and Diagnoses -- Basic ECG Theory, Recordings, and Interpretation -- Mechanical Aspects of Cardiac Performance -- Energy Metabolism in the Normal and Diseased Heart -- to Echocardiography -- Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging -- Devices and Therapies -- Historical Perspective of Cardiovascular Devices and Techniques -- Animal Models for Cardiac Research -- Cardiac Arrhythmias and Transcatheter Ablation -- Pacing and Defibrillation -- Biventricular Pacing for Congestive Heart Failure -- Cardiac Mapping Systems -- Cardiopulmonary Bypass and Cardioplegia -- Heart Valve Disease -- Less-Invasive Cardiac Surgery -- Treatment of Cardiac Septal Defects -- End-Stage Cardiomyopathy -- Experimental Cell Transplantation for Myocardial Repair -- Genomics-Based Tools and Technology -- Emerging Cardiac Devices and Technologies. .

Because of rapid growth in the medical device industry-which today enjoys revenues as large as those of the automobile industry-as well as in our understanding of cardiac disease processes, biomedical engineers must cope with a rising tide of highly complex information. In Handbook of Cardiac Anatomy, Physiology, and Devices, leading experts from the University of Minnesota's renowned Lillehei Heart Institute and scientists from Medtronic, Inc. have compiled a concise-yet detailed and comprehensive-reference source on the anatomic features, underlying physiologic mechanisms, and treatments for diseases of the heart. Here, active bioengineers working on cardiac devices will find the complete critical background they need to understand cardiac pacing, defibrillation, cardiac repair using stem cell therapy, robotics, less invasive cardiac surgery, biventricular pacing, cardiac bioenergetics, and more. Insightful chapters address animal models for cardiac research, cardiac mapping systems, heart valve disease, ventricular assist devices, and genomics-based tools and technology. Comprehensive and state-of-the art, the Handbook of Cardiac Anatomy, Physiology, and Devices provides novice and expert biomedical engineers alike with the authoritative information and background they need to work on tomorrow's generaton of life-saving cardiac devices.