The Heart Healers (59 page)

shingles with

and tissue rejection

implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD)

indigestion

industry.
See also
biotechnology industry; pharmaceutical industry

infarction

inflammation

antioxidants and

atheromas and

CAD and

innovation

of battlefield surgeons

CAD treatment

in drugs and devices

ECG

establishment and

of Gruentzig

moral dilemma with

Institute of Medicine

insulin

internal mammary artery (IMA)

International Business Machines (IBM)

interventional cardiology

medical therapy and

qualities of doctors in

view of CAD

intravascular ultrasound

ivabradine

Jobs, Steve

Johns Hopkins University

Johnson, Lyndon

joint pain

Judkins, Melvin

Julian, Desmond

Justus, Wilhelm

Kar, Saibal

Keys, Ancel

King, Spencer

Kirklin, John

LAD.
See
left anterior descending

Larsson, Arne

Lasker Award

Lavie, Carl

lawsuit.
See
malpractice

LDL.
See
low-density lipoprotein

leaflets

left anterior descending (LAD)

left atrium

left heart

left ventricle

Leighninger, David

Lenfant, Claude

Leon, Martin

Levine, Herbert

Lewis, John

Lewis, Royston

life expectancy

life support

lifestyle

Lifetime Achievement Award

Lillehei, C. Walton

Bakken partnership with

cancer of

career of

character of

cross-circulation surgery and

death of

early life of

hypothermic heart surgery of

legal defense for

as mentor

ostracization of

pacemaker and

publicity of

string of failures for

tax evasion indictment of

wife’s accident

Lillehei, Kaye

lipid

lipid hypothesis

Lipitor.
See
atorvastatin

lipoprotein

LoDoCo trial

London Marathon

lovastatin

low-density lipoprotein (LDL)

CAD rate and

genetic mutation for

normal range of

Lower, Richard

lumen

lung pressure

lungs.
See also
heart-lung machine; heart-lung transplant

lymphosarcoma

Makkar, Raj

stem cell therapy and

valve disease and

malpractice

Mann, George

manual cardiac massage.
See
cardiac massage

Marbán, Eduardo

Martínez-González, Miguel Ángel

Mayo Clinic

Mayo Gibbon–type oxygenator.
See
heart-lung machine

medical devices

for CABG

implantable

innovation in

lack of

for lung pressure

for valve disease

medical establishment

catheterization reactions of

innovation and

medical therapy

with angina

for atherosclerosis

interventional cardiology and

Mediterranean diet

Medtronic

mentorship

Harken and Cutler

Lillehei

roles in

Wangensteen

Merck

metabolic rate

mevastatin

Million Hearts initiative

MIRU.
See
Myocardial Infarction Research Unit

misdiagnosis

misfits

creativity with

doctors as

in Jobs quote

medical establishment

mentorship and

mitral valve

artificial

normal

mitral valve stenosis

CAD increase over

death from

early treatment of

modern occurrence of

rheumatic fever leading to

in underdeveloped countries

mitral valve surgery

advances in

animal research for

artificial valve in

Bailey’s

Brock’s success at

complications

fatalities with

finger fracture technique in

first successful

Harken and

purse-string sutures in

Smithy’s success with

Monagan, David

moral dilemma.
See also
ethics

in cross-circulation surgery

in industry funding research

with innovative research

mortality rate

CAD’s

cardiac defect

cardiac output and

with cardiogenic shock

CCU and

with heart attack

with running

television watching and

with thrombolytic therapy

Muamba, Fabrice

Mukherjee, Siddhartha

Mustard, William

character of

heart-lung machine of

success and awards of

Musunuru, Kiran

Myler, Richard

myocardial

myocardial infarction.
See
heart attack

Myocardial Infarction Research Unit (MIRU)

National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)

CAD risk study by

cholesterol inhibitor trial

registry of angioplasty patients

National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Neville, Phillip

New England Cardiac Society

New England Journal of Medicine

New England Medical Journal

NHLBI.
See
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute

Nidorff, Stephan

NIH.
See
National Institutes of Health

nitroglycerin

Nobel Prize

nominees

for penicillin discovery

winners

Nora Index

obesity

Oliver, Michael

omega-3 fatty acids

One Life
(Barnard)

open heart surgery

challenges of

with cross-circulation

evolution of

hypothermia and

oxygenated blood in

orifice

Outliers
(Gladwell)

oxygenation, blood

animal research and

coronary artery delivery of

hypothermia and

in open heart surgery

outside body

placenta and

pacemaker

Bakken’s portable

components

defibrillator combined with

experiment on dogs

heart attack with

heart failure and

implantable

before invention of

lifesaving impact of

Lillehei and internal

limitation of early

nature over man-made

wireless

Zoll’s external

Paget, Stephen

Palmaz, Julio

palpation

Pasteur, Louis

Payne, Misty

PCSK9 gene

pectus excavatum

penicillin

discovery

World War II and

percutaneous

pericardial tamponade

pericardium

Peter Bent Brigham Hospital

Peters, John

pharmaceutical industry

Endo and

Genentech and

statins in

Philadelphia

Bailey’s early reputation in

early cardiac surgery in

Philadelphia General Hospital

placenta

plaque.
See
atheroma; vulnerable plaques

plaque rupture.
See
atheroma rupture

post-traumatic stress syndrome

preinfarction angina.
See
angina

Preston, Thomas

preventative therapy

with exercise

for heart attack

for rheumatic fever

with statins

prosthesis

prosthetic valve surgery

Proudfit, William

Puel, Jacques

pulmonary