The Heart Healers (57 page)

heart-lung machine and

in infants

Mustard’s invention for

surgery statistics

in underdeveloped countries

congestive heart failure (CHF)

causes of

after heart attack

sudden death rate for

symptoms of

unknown origin of

Cooley, Denton

Cooper, David K. C.

coronary angiography

of atheroma

beginning of

CAD diagnosis and treatment with

of diabetics

Dotter and

early, images

intravascular ultrasound compared to

randomized trials of

Sones and

coronary arteries

branching of

calcium in

catheterization and

complexity of

examination of

left anterior descending

oxygen delivery with

X-ray dye and

coronary artery block

coronary artery bypass graft surgery (CABG)

angina relief with

arteries over veins in

balloon angioplasty compared to

cholesterol lowering after

critique of

DeWood and

Favaloro’s success at

first

heart attack after

heart-lung machine and

with IMA

medical devices for

naysayers of

risk and benefit of

surgical alternatives of

coronary artery disease (CAD)

Affordable Care Act and

age and

angiography diagnosing

anti-inflammatory agents and

atheromas and

calcium scanning and

cause and treatment of

deaths with

demographics and

diabetes and

diet and

evolution of

exercise and

Favaloro’s surgical trials for

genetic history and

heart muscle damage and

increase over mitral stenosis

innovations in treating

interventional cardiology view of

LDL cholesterol and

lifestyle risks with

mortality rate of

preventing

running and

statins preventing

statistics

sugar and

symptoms

television watching and

tests for

weight and

coronary balloon angioplasty

angina relief with

for atheroma

bypass surgery compared to

critique of

Gruentzig and

Hartzler and

heart attack and

impact of

multivessel

patient registry for

randomized trials of

restenosis after

statistics

thrombolytic therapy compared to

treatment

coronary care unit (CCU)

development of

early opinion of

mortality rate and

Cournand, André

CPR.
See
cardiopulmonary resuscitation

Crestor.
See
rosuvastatin

Cribier, Alain

cross-circulation surgery

anesthesia in

challenges with

deaths

with dogs

donor in

first patient for

heart block in

Lillehei and

moral dilemma with

open heart surgery with

publicity on first successful

risk with

tragedy with

VSD patients and

Cutler, Elliot

cyclosporine

Davies, Michael

Day, Hughes

Deaner, Andrew

death.
See also
brain death; mortality rate; sudden death

with aortic stenosis

with artificial valve

Bailey’s

Barnard’s

with CAD

celebrity heart-related

with cross-circulation surgery

ethics and definition of

of Favaloro, R.

Fixx’s

Gibbon’s

Gruentzig’s

Hartzler’s

of heart muscle

with heart transplantation

with heart-lung machine

legal definition of

Lillehei’s

from mitral valve stenosis

by preoperative misdiagnosis

pronouncement of

Smithy’s

Sones’s

Stein’s

with tetralogy of Fallot

thrombus and

DeBakey, Michael

defibrillator

cardiac resuscitation with

heart attack treatment with

implantable

invention of

lifesaving impact of

after manual cardiac massage

pacemaker combined with

Dennis, Clarence

DeWood, Marcus

Dexter, Lewis

diabetes

diagnosis.
See also
misdiagnosis

of brain death

of chest pain

of complete heart block

with coronary angiography

early methods of

genetic history in

of heart attack

hope with

with palpation

treatment compared to

of valve disease

diastole

diet

CAD and

fats in

low-fat

randomized trials of

red wine in

statistics

strategies

digital revolution

digitalis

Distinguished Scientist Award

Ditzen, Gerda

doctors

family and

as nonconformists

post-traumatic stress syndrome and

dogs.
See
animal research

donor

dopamine

Dotter, Charles

angioplasty origin with

character of

coronary angiography and

Hodgkin’s disease of

drugs.
See also
recreational drugs; statins

for heart rate

for immune suppression

innovation in

for stent

ECG.
See
electrocardiogram

echocardiogram

diagnosis with

fetal

post-surgery use of

Eckart, Robert

Eckel, Robert

Edwards, Lowell

Edwards Laboratories

Effler, Donald

Eigler, Neal

Eisenhower, Dwight

ejection fraction

elastic recoil

electrical impulse system

future of

heart block and

as heart component

ventricular fibrillation and

electrocardiogram (ECG)

on cell phone

before exercise stress test

heart attack signs with

tissue rejection detection with

“tombstone” shape of

ventricular fibrillation on

electrode

electrophysiologist

Ellis, Lawrence Brewster

Elmqvist, Rune

emergency room (ER)

environment of

low-risk and high-risk patients in

emphysema

The End of Illness
(Agus)

Endo, Akira

cholesterol research by

Lasker Award given to

statin discovery by

termination from Sankyo

Episcopal Hospital

ER.
See
emergency room

esophagus

ethics

exercise.
See also
running

CAD prevention and treatment with

cardiac arrest and

chest pain with

preventative therapy with

recommendation

sudden death with

exercise stress test

Falk, Erling

Falta, Edward

family history.
See
genetic history