Cardiology : the evolution of the science and the art / edited by Richard J. Bing.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bing, Richard J., 1909-2010.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cardiology--History.

Cardiology.

Cardiology--history.

Physicians.

History.

Medical Subjects:

Cardiology--history.

Physicians.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

xiv, 360 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, [1999]

Contents:

Chapter 1 Cardiac Catheterization / D. Baim, R.J. Bing 1

Chapter 2 Echocardiography and the Doppler Method / P. Douglas, R.J. Bing 30

Chapter 3 Cardiopulmonary Bypass, Perfusion of the Heart, and Cardiac Metabolism / R. Dewall, R.J. Bing 54

Chapter 4 Congenital Heart Disease / A. Nadas, R.J. Bing 84

Chapter 5 Transplantation of the Heart / J.C. Baldwin, S.A. Lemaire, R.J. Bing 104

Chapter 6 Atherosclerosis / R.J. Bing 118

Chapter 7 Coronary Artery Disease / O. Paul, R.J. Bing 133

Chapter 8 Coronary Artery Surgery / J.C. Baldwin, M.J. Reardon, R.J. Bing 154

Chapter 9 Isotopes in Cardiology / H. Schelbert, R.J. Bing 166

Chapter 10 Myocardial Failure: Early History, Biochemistry, Receptors, and Contractile Proteins / A.M. Katz, W. Abelmann, G. Hasenfuss, R.J. Bing 183

Chapter 11 Valvular Surgery / R. Heimbecker, T. David, R.J. Bing 217

Chapter 12 Hypertension and Hypertensive Heart Disease / R.J. Bing 240

Chapter 13 Molecular Biology and Genetics of Cardiovascular Diseases / R.J. Bing, K. Schwartz, G. Bonne 263

Chapter 14 Electrophysiology: Cardiac Arrhythmia, Cardiac Resuscitation, Pacemakers / B. Luderitz, H. Hellerstein, A. Senning, R.J. Bing 286

Chapter 15 History of Cardiology at the Bedside / R.J. Bing 328.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0813526272

0813526280

OCLC:

39891526