Harvey Feigenbaum

The rates at which the various branches of medicine progress are by no means uniform. To even the most casual observer of the medical scene, it is evident that cardiology is now moving ahead at an unprecedented velocity. Because of the enormous advances in clinical cardiology and cardiovascular...

Part I Examination of the Patient Chapter1 The History EUGENE BRAUNWALD IMPORTANCE OF THE HISTORY 1 The Role of the History 1 Technique 1 CARDINAL SYMPTOMS OF HEART DISEASE 2 Dyspnea 2 Chest Pain or Discomfort 3 Cyanosis 7 Syncope 8 Palpitation 9 Edema 9 Cough 10 Hemoptysis 10 Fatigue and Other...

Részlet az első kötetből:IMPORTANCE OF THE HISTORY: THE PHYSICIAN'S ROLE Specialized examinations of the cardiovascular system, presented in Chapters 3 to 11, provide a large portion of the data base required to establish a specific anatomical diagnosis of cardiac disease and to determine the...

PREFACEThe eighth volume of Progress in Cardiology returns to a format set in Volume 5. A symposium on a special topic is presented at the beginning of the book.Great strides have been made in the science of echocardiography over the last five years since Shah and Gramiak reviewed the clinical...

PREFACE Some 25 years ago, the coronary care unit concentrated high technology and the acutely ill patients who might benefit from it in a single, recognizable space. Since then, that space and its technical equipment have changed, as has part of its population. Acute ischemia, silent and...