| Description |
539 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
Foreword by James L. Cox -- Introduction: Exploring unchartered territories -- Truth will win ... but when -- A series of fortunate events, encounters, and lessons -- A compelling new path -- Becoming an investigator -- Great expectations -- Discovery: Myocardial protection and blood -- Improvement: saves lives -- You don't have to die of a heart attack -- Restoring life to a "dead" heart -- Reoxygenation injury: if a little oxygen is good, is a lot better? -- Back from the dead: sudden death and the Lazarus syndrome -- Unwitnessed arrest Part 1: the never taken pathway -- Unwitnessed arrest Part II: expansion, rejection, and future realities -- The teacher's highest reward -- Unanticipated interlude -- Congestive heart failure: education to enactment -- Congestive heart failure: enactment -- Paco: exploring the new horizon -- Art and science: nature's grand design -- The helix and heart failure: the dilated heart, footballs, and basketballs -- Art and science: the helix and heart video -- Diastolic dysfunction: contracting longer but not better -- Art and science: the cardiac dance; spirals of life -- The case of the missing link: the septum -- Art and science: Stonehenge and the heart -- The helix and cardiac disease -- The riddle of pacemakers -- Life: my art and my science -- My journey -- Resources/overview -- Reference list -- Image credits -- Index -- About the author. |
| Summary |
Dr. Gerald D. Buckberg is a Distinguished Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery at UCLA's David Geffen School of Medicine. More than 25 million heart disease patients have benefited from his innovative breakthroughs that dramatically improved the safety of cardiac surgery. These technologies have become the standard of care throughout most of the world. However, most of Dr. Buckberg's life-saving cardiac care discoveries have not been widely accepted or adopted by a medical establishment that can be dangerously slow to change. Writing in plain language for the general public, Dr. Buckberg describes the solutions to element major heart disease problems -- proven solutions that can save your life, but are being ignored. -- Back cover. |
| Subject |
Heart failure.
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Cardiac arrest -- Treatment.
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Coronary heart disease -- Alternative treatment.
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Coronary heart disease -- Treatment.
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Heart -- Diseases -- Alternative treatment.
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Cardiac arrest, Induced.
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Cardiac arrest, Induced. (OCoLC)fst00847049
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Cardiac arrest -- Treatment.
(OCoLC)fst00847045
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Coronary heart disease -- Alternative treatment.
(OCoLC)fst00879536
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Coronary heart disease -- Treatment.
(OCoLC)fst00879569
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Heart -- Diseases -- Alternative treatment.
(OCoLC)fst00953528
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Heart failure. (OCoLC)fst00953724
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| ISBN |
9780999847206 |
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9780999847237 |
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0999847201 |
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0999847236 |
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