Coronary Circulation

1. Anatomy of Coronary Circulation.- Anatomical Principles of the Coronary Circulation.- Flow Strategy and Functional Design of the Coronary Network.- 2. Measurements of Epicardial Coronary Artery and Vein Flow Velocity Waveforms on Left and Right Ventricles.- Evaluation of Coronary Blood Flow by Fiber-Optic Laser Doppler Velocimeter.- Ultrasonic Measurements of Coronary Blood Flow.- 3. Mechanical Properties of Coronary Circulation and Its Contribution to Coronary Hemodynamics.- Coronary Circulation Mechanics.- Functional Characteristics of Intramyocardial Capacitance Vessels and Their Effects on Coronary Arterial Inflow and Venous Outflow.- Input Impedance of the Canine Coronary Arterial Tree.- Pressure-Flow Relationships of the Coronary Arteries.- Effect of Ventricular and Extraventricular Pressure on the Coronary Artery Pressure-Flow Relationship.- 4. Transmural Myocardial Perfusion.- Transmural Myocardial Perfusion.- 5. Coronary Microcirculation.- Characteristics of Velocity Waveform and Radius in Epimyocardial Microvessels in Beating Left Ventricle.- Evaluation of the Velocity Waveform in Intramyocardial Small Vessels.- Microvascular Pressure Profiles in the Left and Right Coronary Circulations.- 6. Control of Coronary Circulation.- Mechanisms of Control in the Coronary Circulation.- Sympathetic Control of the Coronary Circulation.- Humoral Control of the Coronary Circulation.- Static and Dynamic Control of the Coronary Circulation.- 7. Coronary Circulation in Pathophysiological Conditions.- Coronary Circulation in Myocardial Hypertrophy.- Provocation of Coronary Spasm and Its Pathophysiology: Experimental Studies.- 8. Coronary Collaterals.- Development of Coronary Collaterals.- A Conscious Animal Model for Studies of Coronary Collateral Blood Flow Dynamics.- 9. Clinical Evaluation of Coronary Circulation.- Coronary Reserve in the Human Coronary Circulation.- Flow Dynamics in Coronary Stenosis.- Characteristics of Coronary Artery Blood Velocity Waveforms in Aortic Stenosis and Regurgitation.- Coronary Circulation in Patients with Typical Angina Pectoris but Normal Coronary Angiograms.- Blood Velocity Waveforms in Coronary Bypass Grafts.- Index of Key Words.