Cardiology: The Evolution of the Science and the Art: 2nd Ed

Bing, Richard J.

ISBN 10: 0813526280 / ISBN 13: 9780813526287

Published by Chapel Hill, North Carolina, U.S.A.: Rutgers Univ Pr, 1999

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trade paperback in fine condition. 2nd edition.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Cardiology: The Evolution of the Science and the Art: 2nd Ed
• Publisher: Chapel Hill, North Carolina, U.S.A.: Rutgers Univ Pr
• Publication Date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0813526280
• ISBN 13: 9780813526287
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 2nd Edition
• Condition: Fine
• Seller catalogs:
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Synopsis

Contributors to this volume examine the history of cardiology, stressing the source of ideas that have guided cardiology to the present. The lives of the scientists and physicians are emphasized, as are their successes and failures, their struggles and disappointments. Chapters cover. - Cardiac Catheterization - Echocardiography and the Doppler method - Cardiopulmonary Bypass - Congenital Heart Disease - Transplantation of the Heart - Artherosclerosis - Coronary Artery Disease - Coronary Artery Surgery - Isotopes in Cardiology - Myocardial Failure - Valvular Surgery - Hypertension and Hypertensive Heart Disease - Molecular Biology and Genetics of Cardiovascular Diseases - Electrophysiology - History of Cardiology at the Bedside Contributors to this volume include: Dr. Donald Baim, Dr. John Baldwin, Dr. Arnold M. Katz, Dr. Berndt Luderitz, and Dr. Alexander Nadas.

About the Author

RICHARD J. BING is the director of Experimental Cardiology at the Huntington Medical Research Institutes in Pasadena, California, and a professor emeritus of medicine at the University of Southern California.