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Advances in cardiology: vol. 24: Cardiac rehabilitation
Book reviews
Heart Disease in Young Women. Edited by M.F. Oliver, M.D., London & New York, 1978, Churchill Livingstone, 262 pages. Price $23.50.
Coronary
This publication contains papers presented at a symposium on Coronary Heart Disease in Young Women. The presentations are interesting and extremely good. The subject of the symposium is rather unusual for symposia on arteriosclerosis. Surely, the answers desired are still not available, but the questions and answers clearly display the opinions of the participants and are certainly thought-provoking. The reader who is actively engaged in the practice of cardiology and research and who follows the current and even the older literature will find nothing new’in this publication. Nevertheleas, he will find the book easy to read, interesting, and a good review of current concepts of the causes of arteriosclerosis and its appearance in early life as well as in young women. Manual-13th Edition. By Robert Berkow, M.D., Editor, and John H. Talbot, M.D., Consulting Editor, Rahway, New Jersey, 1977, Merck Sharp & Dohme Research Laboratories, 2165 pages. The Merck Manual is a classic among publications in medicine. Several hundred thousand are purchased each year. The Bible is the only publication which, on a regular basis, outsells this manual. The book contains a wealth of practical clinical information in general medicine. Every physician will find this to be an indispensable reference manual. It, is impossible to review each subject in detail, but suffice it to say that it is well indexed, clearly written, and published extremely well. The first edition appeared in 1899 and the manual has continued to improve since. Each edition is better than the preceding one and, of course, it is always as current as any publication of this type could be. This is an excellent and valuable reference book on general medicine for students, housestaff, and practicing doctors. The Merck
Advances
in
Cardiology:
vol.
24:
Cardiac
Rehabilitation.
Edited by K. Konig, Waldkirch, and H. Denolin, Basel, Switzerland, 1977, S. Karger A.G., Medical and Scientific Publisher, 201 pages. Price $53.50. Cardiac rehabilitation is important in cardiac therapy. Physicians fail to realize their responsibility in this aspect of management of the cardiac patient. Cardiac rehabilitation is both overstressed as well as under considered. This book includes discussions of evaluation of cardiovascular functions
from the point of view of exercise testing, electrocardiography, therapeutic principles, psychological aspects of rehabilitation and therapeutic results and future cardiac considerations. This is a good book for internists, cardiologists, and trainees. This reviewer is impressed with the lack of emphasis by physicians in clinical study of the value of the patient’s ordinary daily physical and psychic responses to everyday stress rather than on hazardous and expensive treadmill exercise testing, etc., in the evaluation of cardiovascular function. After all, patients walk, climb stairs, mow their lawns, mend things at home, keep house, etc., under daily living conditions. These are stressful activities. Why not lean how well they function at home and at work at any given time prior to and after myocardial infarction, with therapy, and follow-up evaluation? Patients do not live on treadmills and they never will. And, there is a training factor in treadmill and other exercise studies. The doctor must “know” his patient in order to “rehabilitate” him. Physicians can learn a great deal about patients with careful history taking. Nevertheless, this book is interesting and clearly reveals the trends in the practice of cardiology in some centers of the world and contains a great deal of interesting and useful information. and Secondary Angina Pectoris. By Maseri, Klassen, and Lesch, New York, 1978, Grune & Stratton, Inc., 470 pages. Price $22.50.
Primary
This book is a publication of the proceedings of an intemational symposium held in Piss, Italy, during June, 1976. The book is divided into nine chapters, each containing several papers. The subjects discussed include experimental studies of coronary blood flow, obstructive coronary artery disease, coronary spasm (“primary” angina), prognosis, therapy, and suggestions for future investigations. The emphasis on coronary spasm is evident throughout the publication. The concept of spasm of the coronary arteries in episodes of angina pectoris is certainly an old concept. However, the use of coronary angiography in patients which reveals coronary arterial constriction during “attacks” of angina has stimulated greater interest in the role of spasm. Many catheterization laboratory groups have noted the relationship of coronary artery spasm to the syndrome of angina pectoris. This publication is a good one which properly indicates the importance of not losing sight of spasms of the coronary arteries when considering the disease in patients. The contributors to the symposium were quite numerous. The book is highly recommended to all physicians.
Books received
Computer Techniques in Cardiology:Volume 4. Edited by Lee D. Cady, Jr., New York, 1979, Marcel Dekker, Inc., 480 pages.
Bigner, and M. F. Rajewsky, Geneva, 1978, International Union Against Cancer, 209 pages. Price 15 Swiss francs.
Price $45.00. Venenkmnkheiten/Peripheral
By Gerald F. Fletcher, M.D., New York, 1979, Futura Publishing Company, 170 pages. Price $19.50. Dynamic
Biology
American
Electrocardiographic
of Brain
Heart
Tumors.
Journal
Rwording.
Edited by 0. D. Laerum, D. D.
Widmer, Bern, Switzerland, paw.
Venous Disorders. By Leo K. 1978, Hans Huber Publishers, 95
Stress. By Tom Cox, Baltimore, 1978, University Park Press, 200 pages. Price $12.95.
661
Heart Disease in Young Women. Edited by M.F. Oliver, M.D., London & New York, 1978, Churchill Livingstone, 262 pages. Price $23.50.
Coronary
This publication contains papers presented at a symposium on Coronary Heart Disease in Young Women. The presentations are interesting and extremely good. The subject of the symposium is rather unusual for symposia on arteriosclerosis. Surely, the answers desired are still not available, but the questions and answers clearly display the opinions of the participants and are certainly thought-provoking. The reader who is actively engaged in the practice of cardiology and research and who follows the current and even the older literature will find nothing new’in this publication. Nevertheleas, he will find the book easy to read, interesting, and a good review of current concepts of the causes of arteriosclerosis and its appearance in early life as well as in young women. Manual-13th Edition. By Robert Berkow, M.D., Editor, and John H. Talbot, M.D., Consulting Editor, Rahway, New Jersey, 1977, Merck Sharp & Dohme Research Laboratories, 2165 pages. The Merck Manual is a classic among publications in medicine. Several hundred thousand are purchased each year. The Bible is the only publication which, on a regular basis, outsells this manual. The book contains a wealth of practical clinical information in general medicine. Every physician will find this to be an indispensable reference manual. It, is impossible to review each subject in detail, but suffice it to say that it is well indexed, clearly written, and published extremely well. The first edition appeared in 1899 and the manual has continued to improve since. Each edition is better than the preceding one and, of course, it is always as current as any publication of this type could be. This is an excellent and valuable reference book on general medicine for students, housestaff, and practicing doctors. The Merck
Advances
in
Cardiology:
vol.
24:
Cardiac
Rehabilitation.
Edited by K. Konig, Waldkirch, and H. Denolin, Basel, Switzerland, 1977, S. Karger A.G., Medical and Scientific Publisher, 201 pages. Price $53.50. Cardiac rehabilitation is important in cardiac therapy. Physicians fail to realize their responsibility in this aspect of management of the cardiac patient. Cardiac rehabilitation is both overstressed as well as under considered. This book includes discussions of evaluation of cardiovascular functions
from the point of view of exercise testing, electrocardiography, therapeutic principles, psychological aspects of rehabilitation and therapeutic results and future cardiac considerations. This is a good book for internists, cardiologists, and trainees. This reviewer is impressed with the lack of emphasis by physicians in clinical study of the value of the patient’s ordinary daily physical and psychic responses to everyday stress rather than on hazardous and expensive treadmill exercise testing, etc., in the evaluation of cardiovascular function. After all, patients walk, climb stairs, mow their lawns, mend things at home, keep house, etc., under daily living conditions. These are stressful activities. Why not lean how well they function at home and at work at any given time prior to and after myocardial infarction, with therapy, and follow-up evaluation? Patients do not live on treadmills and they never will. And, there is a training factor in treadmill and other exercise studies. The doctor must “know” his patient in order to “rehabilitate” him. Physicians can learn a great deal about patients with careful history taking. Nevertheless, this book is interesting and clearly reveals the trends in the practice of cardiology in some centers of the world and contains a great deal of interesting and useful information. and Secondary Angina Pectoris. By Maseri, Klassen, and Lesch, New York, 1978, Grune & Stratton, Inc., 470 pages. Price $22.50.
Primary
This book is a publication of the proceedings of an intemational symposium held in Piss, Italy, during June, 1976. The book is divided into nine chapters, each containing several papers. The subjects discussed include experimental studies of coronary blood flow, obstructive coronary artery disease, coronary spasm (“primary” angina), prognosis, therapy, and suggestions for future investigations. The emphasis on coronary spasm is evident throughout the publication. The concept of spasm of the coronary arteries in episodes of angina pectoris is certainly an old concept. However, the use of coronary angiography in patients which reveals coronary arterial constriction during “attacks” of angina has stimulated greater interest in the role of spasm. Many catheterization laboratory groups have noted the relationship of coronary artery spasm to the syndrome of angina pectoris. This publication is a good one which properly indicates the importance of not losing sight of spasms of the coronary arteries when considering the disease in patients. The contributors to the symposium were quite numerous. The book is highly recommended to all physicians.
Books received
Computer Techniques in Cardiology:Volume 4. Edited by Lee D. Cady, Jr., New York, 1979, Marcel Dekker, Inc., 480 pages.
Bigner, and M. F. Rajewsky, Geneva, 1978, International Union Against Cancer, 209 pages. Price 15 Swiss francs.
Price $45.00. Venenkmnkheiten/Peripheral
By Gerald F. Fletcher, M.D., New York, 1979, Futura Publishing Company, 170 pages. Price $19.50. Dynamic
Biology
American
Electrocardiographic
of Brain
Heart
Tumors.
Journal
Rwording.
Edited by 0. D. Laerum, D. D.
Widmer, Bern, Switzerland, paw.
Venous Disorders. By Leo K. 1978, Hans Huber Publishers, 95
Stress. By Tom Cox, Baltimore, 1978, University Park Press, 200 pages. Price $12.95.
661