Bibliograph

Caring for the heart, Mayo Clinic and the rise of specialization, W. Bruce Fye

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Caring for the heart, Mayo Clinic and the rise of specialization, W. Bruce Fye

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Caring for the heart

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

878301182

Responsibility statement

W. Bruce Fye

Sub title

Mayo Clinic and the rise of specialization

Table Of Contents

The nineteenth-century origins of the Mayo practice -- The Mayo's invention of multispecialty group practice -- The development of an academic medical center in Rochester -- Patient care and clinical research in the 1920s -- The electrocardiograph and the birth of cardiology -- Challenges and changes during the depression -- President Roosevelt's secret hypertensive heart disease -- The reinvention of the American Heart Association, and the invention of cardiac catheterization -- Surgeons begin trying to treat heart disease -- Pioneering open-heart surgery at the University of Minnesota and the Mayo Clinic -- The expansion of open-heart surgery and cardiac catheterization -- Beyond mid-century : two decades of growth and change -- Creating coronary care units and empowering nurses -- Coronary angiography : the Cleveland Clinic leads the way -- Coronary artery bypass surgery stimulates the growth of angiography -- Transforming cardiac catheters into treatment tools -- Analyzing and managing abnormal heart rhythms -- Seeing the heart : echocardiography and other imaging technologies -- Treating heart failure and preventing cardiovascular disease -- Challenges and opportunities around the new millennium

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