This is a textbook on the cardiovascular system for medical students, offering an integrated coverage of the basic science and major diseases of the system.

A design specification for the cardiovascular system. Cardiac muscle structure and function. The heart as a pump: valve function and valve disease. Regulation of cardiac function. Blood supply to the heart. Heart failure. The eclectrocardiogram. Large blood vessels. Resistance blood vessels. Arterial blood pressure. Capillary function and the lymphatic system. Fetal cardiovascular system and congenital heart disease. Exercise and the cardiovascular system. Haemorrhage and circulatory shock.