Title:
The new living heart / Michael E. DeBakey, Antonio M. Gotto.
Main Entry:
DeBakey, Michael E. (Michael Ellis), 1908-2008.
Gotto, Antonio M.
Publisher:
Adams Media Corp.,
Publication Date:
c1997.
Publication Place:
Holbrook, Mass. :
ISBN:
1558507221 (pbk.)
9781558507227 (pbk.)
Subject:
Cardiovascular system -- Diseases -- Popular works.
Heart -- Diseases -- Popular works.
Contents:
Introduction: early knowledge of the heart -- Healthy heart and how it works -- Blood vessels: the vascular system -- General physical examination -- Noninvasive diagnostic procedures -- Invasive diagnostic procedures -- Risk factors for coronary heart disease -- Heart failure -- Arrhythmias -- Controlling arrhythmias: pacemakers, ablation, and surgery -- Hypertension -- Diseases of the veins -- Atherosclerosis -- Therapeutic procedures -- Developments in cardiovascular surgery -- Congenital abnormalities of the heart -- Coronary artery disease -- Surgical treatment of coronary artery disease -- Arterial occlusive disease -- Stroke -- Diseases of the pericardium and myocardium -- Surgical treatment of acquired heart diseases affecting the pericardium, myocardium, and valves -- Aneurysms -- Cardiac transplantation and other surgical treatment of advanced heart failure -- Women and heart disease: special issues -- Heart healthy lifestyle -- Cardiac medications -- Cardiac rehabilitation: the healing heart.
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