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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

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