is the number one or two cause of deaths in Western world.

是西方世界数一数二的死因
So, it's serious and important topic for medicine.

因此它是医学上一个严肃而重要的课题
It's also something that I realize you probably all know something about.

我认为你们应该都已经对心血管疾病有所了解
We're going to try to look at things in a slightly different way,

我们将从一种略微不同的视角来进行研究
look at them the way that an engineer,

从一名工程师的角度
a biomedical engineer might look at the cardiovascular system,

作为生物医学工程师来审视心血管系统
to try to understand the relationship.

以了解系统内部器官之间的关系
In particular, between pressure, blood pressure,

特别是压力血压
which is the force that moves blood around

即让血液流动
through the circulatory system and flow;

经由循环系统而流遍全身的动力
the actual movement of blood,

血液的流动
which is what's essential for

对于氧气营养物质