Norman K. Hollenberg

How to Use The goal of this book is to provide an in-depth introduction This Book to a new form of treatment for hypertension and congestive heart failure. The format and organization of the book facilitate rapid, selective reading. The book is divided into four parts: Part I is an examination...

© Physiology of the Cardiovascular System Arterial blood pressure is determined by blood volume, cardiac performance, and peripheral vascular resistance: Cardiac Output Cardiac output is the product of stroke volume and heart rate. Stroke Volume In addition to synnpathetic nervous systenn...

Preface Norman K. Hollenberg, MD, PhD As recently as 1966, thoughtful physicians with a strong interest in the problem of hypertension were able to maintain an "attitude of skepticism and restraint in accepting drugs that lower blood pressure as even a partial answer to the management of...