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Advances in cardiology: Sudden coronary death. Vol. 25
Book reviews
Advances II and
in the
Management
of Clinical
Heart
Disease.
vols.
Editmed by Jacob I. Haft, M.D., and Charles P. Bailey, M.D., Mount Kisco, N. Y., 1978, Futura Publishing Company, Vol. II, 308 pages; Vol. III, 280 pages. Price each volume, $19.75. III.
These two volumes represent the proceedings of the Second Saint Michael’s Medical Center Cardiology Symposium on Advances in the Management of Clinical Heart Disease. Volume II is concerned primarily with coronary heart disease, viz., myocardial infarction and angina pectoris. The surgical and medical m,anagements are discussed, but this reviewer finds it difficult to understand the data and recommendations, especially as related to the surgical results and recommendations. For example, on page 298, the reference to Mullen and associates, it is stated “there were no survivors in this series of 60 patients who ha,d a low preoperative cardiac index and absent septal motion judged by the left anterior oblique ventriculogram. Despite these observations their operative and late mortality was only 3.3 and 8.3% respectively.” Therefore, what are late results? What about the interpretation of this statement? The ordinary practicing family doctor will not find this volume to be useful and the cardiologist who follows the liter,ature already has his information and plans in practice. Volume III is concerned with three aspects of cardiovascular disease, namely, therapeutics, hypertension, and echocardiography. There are rather brief discussions of the management of arrhythmias, cardiac pacing, dissecting aneurysms of the aorta, valve surgery, sensitivity to cardiac glycosides and hypertension and the use of echocardiography in the evaluation of valvul,ar heart disease. These presentations are intended for thle practicing physician but are at the level of cardiologists to a ma.jor extent, such as the use of cardiac pacing and echo’cardiography. The family physician will learn of the recommendations and practices of the contributing authors. The discussions are not presented critically for the benefit of the readers who are fully trained cardiologists. These two volumes are of some interest but are not outstanding.
Books
Coronary
Book
Care.
Medical
Developments
By Norman L. Goodland, Publishers, Inc., 88 pages. lin Cardiovascular
New
American
Medicine
Show.
Cruz,
California,
Song
of
By S,ushil K. Gupta, Publishers, 39 pages.
Life.
1979, Unity
American Hemart hmrnal
Chicago,
Medicine.
Santa $5.95.
Sverge-Haus
This book describes a new subspeciality of nuclear medicine and of cardiology. But is its value in clinical medicine yet established? The many contributors to this book review the field for clinicans rather thoroughly. The editors of the publication fail to indicate established indications for the use of radioactive elements and nuclear medicine in cardiology. The contributors do present adequately what is now the practice. There is a need to know, for example, whether or not direct intracoronary injection of a nuclide justifies the cost and risk. Furthermore, it is yet to be shown that the information sought is derived or even equal to that obtained by the well-established clinical procedures. Those who record electrocardiograms properly and can interpret them surely do not need myocardial imaging to detect, locate, and learn the size off an infarct of the myocardium. Regardless, the book, in 15 chapters, reviews the field well. The illustrations are good and the subject is discussed so that the reader will learn applications of nuclear medicine to cardiology. Advances
Edited by Switzerland, Publishers,
in
Cardiology:
Sudden
Coronary
Death.
Vol.
25.
Vesa Manninen and Pentti I. Halonen, Basel, 1978, S. Karger AG Medical and Scientific 231 pages. Price $77.00
This is another excellent volume of Advances in Cardiology. It contains interesting and important discussions. For example, physical activity and sudden death, life changes and sudden death, cardiomyopathy and sudden death, neural influence and sudden death, the role of the coronary ambulance and sudden death and the coronary care unit and sudden death are among the discussions. This is a valuable book which is easy to read and is concerned with an important problem, sudden death. The book should interest all doctors.
rec:eived
Dickinson and J. Marks, Baltimore, Press, 371 pages. Price $24.50. The
Nuclear Cardiology. Edited by Robert W. Parkey, M.D., Frederick J. Bonte, M.D., L. Maximilian Buja, M.D., and James T. Willerson, M.D., New York, 1978, AppletonCentury-Crofts, Inc., 338 pages. Price $28.50. Clinical
1978,
1978, Year
Edited by C. J. University Park
By Dr. Irving Press, 170 pages.
Miltin,
Mass.,
Oyle, Price
Tomography in Clinical Medicine. By Patricia Davison Laffey, M.D., Wilbur W. Oaks, M.D., R. Kumar Swami, M.D., J. George Teplick, M.D., and Marvin E. Haskin, M.D., Philadelphia, 1978, Medical Directions, Inc., 57 pages. Price $16.00. Computerized
Mechanisms of Hemostasis and Thrombosis. Edited by C. Harold Mielke, Jr., M.D., F.A.C.S., and Robert Rodevien, M.D., Associate Editor, Chicago, 1978, Year Book Medical Publishers, Inc., 302 pages. Price $29.95.
1979,
137
Advances II and
in the
Management
of Clinical
Heart
Disease.
vols.
Editmed by Jacob I. Haft, M.D., and Charles P. Bailey, M.D., Mount Kisco, N. Y., 1978, Futura Publishing Company, Vol. II, 308 pages; Vol. III, 280 pages. Price each volume, $19.75. III.
These two volumes represent the proceedings of the Second Saint Michael’s Medical Center Cardiology Symposium on Advances in the Management of Clinical Heart Disease. Volume II is concerned primarily with coronary heart disease, viz., myocardial infarction and angina pectoris. The surgical and medical m,anagements are discussed, but this reviewer finds it difficult to understand the data and recommendations, especially as related to the surgical results and recommendations. For example, on page 298, the reference to Mullen and associates, it is stated “there were no survivors in this series of 60 patients who ha,d a low preoperative cardiac index and absent septal motion judged by the left anterior oblique ventriculogram. Despite these observations their operative and late mortality was only 3.3 and 8.3% respectively.” Therefore, what are late results? What about the interpretation of this statement? The ordinary practicing family doctor will not find this volume to be useful and the cardiologist who follows the liter,ature already has his information and plans in practice. Volume III is concerned with three aspects of cardiovascular disease, namely, therapeutics, hypertension, and echocardiography. There are rather brief discussions of the management of arrhythmias, cardiac pacing, dissecting aneurysms of the aorta, valve surgery, sensitivity to cardiac glycosides and hypertension and the use of echocardiography in the evaluation of valvul,ar heart disease. These presentations are intended for thle practicing physician but are at the level of cardiologists to a ma.jor extent, such as the use of cardiac pacing and echo’cardiography. The family physician will learn of the recommendations and practices of the contributing authors. The discussions are not presented critically for the benefit of the readers who are fully trained cardiologists. These two volumes are of some interest but are not outstanding.
Books
Coronary
Book
Care.
Medical
Developments
By Norman L. Goodland, Publishers, Inc., 88 pages. lin Cardiovascular
New
American
Medicine
Show.
Cruz,
California,
Song
of
By S,ushil K. Gupta, Publishers, 39 pages.
Life.
1979, Unity
American Hemart hmrnal
Chicago,
Medicine.
Santa $5.95.
Sverge-Haus
This book describes a new subspeciality of nuclear medicine and of cardiology. But is its value in clinical medicine yet established? The many contributors to this book review the field for clinicans rather thoroughly. The editors of the publication fail to indicate established indications for the use of radioactive elements and nuclear medicine in cardiology. The contributors do present adequately what is now the practice. There is a need to know, for example, whether or not direct intracoronary injection of a nuclide justifies the cost and risk. Furthermore, it is yet to be shown that the information sought is derived or even equal to that obtained by the well-established clinical procedures. Those who record electrocardiograms properly and can interpret them surely do not need myocardial imaging to detect, locate, and learn the size off an infarct of the myocardium. Regardless, the book, in 15 chapters, reviews the field well. The illustrations are good and the subject is discussed so that the reader will learn applications of nuclear medicine to cardiology. Advances
Edited by Switzerland, Publishers,
in
Cardiology:
Sudden
Coronary
Death.
Vol.
25.
Vesa Manninen and Pentti I. Halonen, Basel, 1978, S. Karger AG Medical and Scientific 231 pages. Price $77.00
This is another excellent volume of Advances in Cardiology. It contains interesting and important discussions. For example, physical activity and sudden death, life changes and sudden death, cardiomyopathy and sudden death, neural influence and sudden death, the role of the coronary ambulance and sudden death and the coronary care unit and sudden death are among the discussions. This is a valuable book which is easy to read and is concerned with an important problem, sudden death. The book should interest all doctors.
rec:eived
Dickinson and J. Marks, Baltimore, Press, 371 pages. Price $24.50. The
Nuclear Cardiology. Edited by Robert W. Parkey, M.D., Frederick J. Bonte, M.D., L. Maximilian Buja, M.D., and James T. Willerson, M.D., New York, 1978, AppletonCentury-Crofts, Inc., 338 pages. Price $28.50. Clinical
1978,
1978, Year
Edited by C. J. University Park
By Dr. Irving Press, 170 pages.
Miltin,
Mass.,
Oyle, Price
Tomography in Clinical Medicine. By Patricia Davison Laffey, M.D., Wilbur W. Oaks, M.D., R. Kumar Swami, M.D., J. George Teplick, M.D., and Marvin E. Haskin, M.D., Philadelphia, 1978, Medical Directions, Inc., 57 pages. Price $16.00. Computerized
Mechanisms of Hemostasis and Thrombosis. Edited by C. Harold Mielke, Jr., M.D., F.A.C.S., and Robert Rodevien, M.D., Associate Editor, Chicago, 1978, Year Book Medical Publishers, Inc., 302 pages. Price $29.95.
1979,
137