Dialogues in Cardiovascular Medicine - Vol 11 . No. 2 . 2006
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Celebrating a Decade of Dialogues
THE TREE OF CARDIOVASCULAR KNOWLEDGE
Celebrating a Decade of Dialogues in Cardiovascular Medicine
D. J. Hearse, R. Ferrari
The Tree of Cardiovascular Knowledge
HEMODYNAMICS:
from De Motu Cordis to intracoronary stents
M. Webb-Peploe
DIAGNOSTIC CARDIOLOGY:
from a tap on the chest to viewing the heart in three dimensions
A. Hollman
HEART FAILURE:
from Hippocrates and Harvey to molecular biology
A. M. Katz
HYPERTENSION:
from a mare in Cambridgeshire to the South-American pit viper
N. Sharpe
ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE:
from a sudden death in Chicago to fibrinolysis and angioplasty
D. G. Julian
ATHEROSCLEROSIS:
from Egyptian mummies to immune-mediated intraplaque inflammation
A. E. Becker
ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY:
from Galvani’s frog to the implantable defibrillator
M. R. Rosen, M. J. Janse
AUTONOMIC BIOLOGY:
from beheaded animals to a spate of Nobel prizes
G. S. Francis, W. H. W. Tang
CARDIAC SURGERY:
from a stabbing in the chest to the artificial heart
R. S. Litwak
GENETICS AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY:
from a monastery garden to rebuilding the heart
D. J. Weatherall
Outlook
BLOSSOMS ON THE TREE OF CARDIOLOGY:
some predictions for the coming decade
A. M. Katz
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