Cardiovascular Physiology in Exercise and Sport

Chapter 1 - INTRODUCTION

After reading this Chapter, you should a ppreciate that absolute work capacity is ultimately limited by cardiovas cular performance, understand the overall cardiovascular changes that oc cur during acute exercise and be ready to track the mechanisms that unde rlie these changes through the succeeding Chapters. * THE WHOLE-BODY RES PONSE TO EXERCISE

Chapter 2 - CARDIAC ACTIVATION

After rea ding this Chapter, you should understand the functional characteristics that allow the heart to operate efficiently at rest and during exercise, appreciate how the electrocardiogram can be used to obtain information on the normal heart and be able to recognise the main cardiac arrhythmia s that are likely exclusion criteria for participation in exercise progr ammes. * REVISION OF REQUIREMENTS FOR AN EFFECTIVE HEART * DERIVATION OF ECG FROM THIS DESIGN * ARRHYTHMIAS IN THE NORMAL HEART *

RECOGNITI ON OF ARRHYTHMIAS THAT MAY PRECLUDE * EXERCISE

Chapter 3 ? CARDIA C OUTPUT

After reading this Chapter, you should understand the fa ctors that determine cardiac output, know the mechanisms by which cardia cardiac output, know the mechanisms by which cardiac output is increase