When the heart contracts it pushes blood into blood vessels which creates blood pressure. A blood pressure reading consists of two values: systolic value – blood pressure while the heart is ...

Long before we're born, our heart's tissues twitch and convulse in a rhythm that only ceases in our final hour. It's a ...

And that causes inflammation and pain. It's believed that the same inflammatory processes involved in RA also damage parts of the cardiovascular system, including the endothelial lining of the ...

analytical and experimental methods applied to several parts of the cardiovascular system. The final part will focus on more specialised topics, like the application of modelling techniques to ...

When the heart contracts it pushes blood into blood vessels which creates blood pressure. A blood pressure reading consists of two values: systolic value – blood pressure while the heart is ...

The module starts with a brief review of relevant principles and theories in fluid mechanics, followed by anatomy and physiology of the cardiovascular system, including blood rheology and vessel ...