Journal Article Pathology of the Heart Get access Pathology of the Heart. Ed. by Gould S. E., M.D., D.Sc, Clinical Professor of Pathology, Wayne University College of Medicine; Pathologist, Wayne County General Hospital, Eloise, Michigan; Consultant in Pathology, Veterans Administration Hospital, Dearborn, Michigan; Editor, American Journal of Clinical Pathology. 13 collaborators. 1023 pp., 690 illus., 6 plates in full color. $25.50. Springfield, Illinois: Charles C Thomas, 1953. Thomas J. Dry Thomas J. Dry liochesler, Minnesota Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar American Journal of Clinical Pathology, Volume 23, Issue 11, 1 November 1953, Pages 1152–1153, https://doi.org/10.1093/ajcp/23.11.1152 Published: 01 November 1953
In 1938, Robert Gross performed the first successful ligation of a patent ductus arteriosus. This spectacular event is to a large extent responsible for setting in motion a veritable chain reaction in which investigators in many fields of biology and science have shared the experiences of the clinician and the surgeon. In an unbelievably short time, the application of surgical techniques has spread to a growing number of acquired and congenital cardiac disease states. To present a picture of the current status of surgical techniques for cardiac diseases, this survey includes information gathered by means of a questionnaire from the experiences and opinions of a number of clinicians and surgeons prominent in this field.1 For convenience of discussion, the cardiac diseases amenable to surgical treatment can be divided into three groups. 1. This group consists of those instances in which a physiological restoration to normal or near normal is
The degree of coronary artery atherosclerosis present in 600 hearts obtained from women, 100 in each of the decades from 30 through 89 years, was determined by one observer. Coronary atherosclerosis increased with age until the eighth decade when the atherosclerosis tended to level off. Cardiac hypertrophy and diabetes were associated with increased degrees of atherosclerosis. Hearts from the undernourished exhibited less atherosclerosis than did hearts from average weight or overweight individuals. A comparison with data compiled on 600 hearts from men by White and associates has been included.
