CRITERIA FOR THE CLASSIFICATION & DIAGNOSIS OF HEART DISEASE (3rd Edition)

Text/As New. Maroon boards w/gilt lettering/VG w/rubs to leading edges. DJ/None. Gift inscription to front cover verso. Volume prepared to standardize both the nomenclature of heart disease, and the conditions in which the standard nomenclature would apply. The work was begun by the Committee on Cardiac Clinics of the Association for the Prevention and Relief of Heart Disease, the predecessor of the publisher's Heart Committee. "With certain changes this nomenclature was later adopted by the American Heart Association and has been used with success in all parts of the country." [Preface] The book's two main sections are: 1, Nomenclature for Cardiac Disease; and 2, Criteria for Diagnosis. 131 pages, with 2 Appendix (Radiological Diagnosis; Interpretation of Electrocardiograms), and Index.