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THE SALIENT POINTS & THE VALUE OF VENOUS ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY IN THE DIAGNOSIS OF THE CYANOTIC TYPES OF CONGENITAL MALFORMATIONS OF THE HEART
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AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CHEST PHYSICIANS
January, 1959
AWARDS TO BE MADE AT ANNUAL FILM SESSION The Board of Regents of the College approved a recommendation proposed by the Committee on Motion Pictures to present a\vards for outstanding films presented at the 25th Annual Meeting in Atlantic City, June 3-7, 1959. Physicians having new films ready for presentation at the meeting are invited to submit all pertinent information to Dr. Paul H. Holinger, Chairman, Committee on Motion Pictures, American College of Chest Physicians, 112 East Chestnut Street, Chicago 11, Illinois. Prize-\vinning films \vill be announced at the Annual Presidents' Banquet of the College to be held at the Ambassador Hotel, Saturday night, June 6, 1959. ANNOUNCEMENTS In keeping with the celebration of our Silver Anniversary year, the Editorial Board and the Managing Editor's office have determined to revise the cover of Diseases of the Chest. It is hoped that our readers will find the ne\v cover, initiated with this issue, a pleasing change. Drs. Chevalier L. Jackson and Charles M. NorriR have announced a Postgraduate Course on Bronchoesophagology \vill be given at the Department of Laryngology and Bronchoesophagology, Temple University Medical Center, Philadelphia, February 16-27, 1959. The tuition fee for the course is $250. Applications and further information may be obtained by \vriting to: JacksonResearch, Laboratory 604, Temple University Medical School, 3400 North Broad Street, Philadelphia 40, Pennsylvania. A Symposium on Chest Diseases, sponsored by the South\vest Chapter of the Missouri Academy of General Practice, \vith the cooperation of the Missouri Chapters of the American Trudeau Society and the American College of Chest Physicians, and the Missouri State Sanatorium, \vill be preRented at the Missouri State Sanatorium, Mt. Vernon, January 17 and 18. Fellows of the College participating in the symposium are: Drs. Charles A. Brasher, W. W. Buckingham, Michael L. Furco]o\v, Harry V. Langeluttig, J. Arthur Myers, Karl H. Pfuetze, John W. Polk, Henry C. S\veany, and J. Le\vis Yates.
Book Reviews THE SALIENT POINTS & THE VALUE OF VENOUS ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY IN THE DIAGNOSIS OF THE CYANOTIC TYPES OF CONGENITAL MALFORMATIONS OF THE HEART, by Benjamin M. Gasul, et aI., Charles C Thomas, Springfield, 1957, $3.50 This little volume is a very valuable reference for those who would attempt to interpret the angiocardiogram. The authors have recorded the results of a ten year study of 421 serieR of Hngiocardiograms done on patients with cyanotic types of congenital anomHlies. I~Hch has been carefully verified and checked against the various clinical and laboratory studies available. Twenty-one separate entities were found in which cyanosis was present and these they have divided into 4 groups: Group 1, in which the diagnosis can almost always be made; Group 2, in which it can usually be made; Group a, in \vhich it can usually not be made, and Group 4, in which additional studies are always required. The authors then proceed to outline the salient features of each group using line drawings and diagrams as well as the actual radiographic reproductions. The pathology, hemodynamics, and the diag-rams of blood flow with the relative amounts of venous and arterial blood are all included for each entity. As a ready reference for the clinician and the laboratory worker, this volume should have an enthusiastic reception. It provides an easy graphic review in cases which are always puzzling and challenging at best, in spite of all the data one may have at hand. The volume has a nice format, and is a credit to both publisher and the authors. Paul C. Swenson, M.D.
AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CHEST PHYSICIANS
January, 1959
AWARDS TO BE MADE AT ANNUAL FILM SESSION The Board of Regents of the College approved a recommendation proposed by the Committee on Motion Pictures to present a\vards for outstanding films presented at the 25th Annual Meeting in Atlantic City, June 3-7, 1959. Physicians having new films ready for presentation at the meeting are invited to submit all pertinent information to Dr. Paul H. Holinger, Chairman, Committee on Motion Pictures, American College of Chest Physicians, 112 East Chestnut Street, Chicago 11, Illinois. Prize-\vinning films \vill be announced at the Annual Presidents' Banquet of the College to be held at the Ambassador Hotel, Saturday night, June 6, 1959. ANNOUNCEMENTS In keeping with the celebration of our Silver Anniversary year, the Editorial Board and the Managing Editor's office have determined to revise the cover of Diseases of the Chest. It is hoped that our readers will find the ne\v cover, initiated with this issue, a pleasing change. Drs. Chevalier L. Jackson and Charles M. NorriR have announced a Postgraduate Course on Bronchoesophagology \vill be given at the Department of Laryngology and Bronchoesophagology, Temple University Medical Center, Philadelphia, February 16-27, 1959. The tuition fee for the course is $250. Applications and further information may be obtained by \vriting to: JacksonResearch, Laboratory 604, Temple University Medical School, 3400 North Broad Street, Philadelphia 40, Pennsylvania. A Symposium on Chest Diseases, sponsored by the South\vest Chapter of the Missouri Academy of General Practice, \vith the cooperation of the Missouri Chapters of the American Trudeau Society and the American College of Chest Physicians, and the Missouri State Sanatorium, \vill be preRented at the Missouri State Sanatorium, Mt. Vernon, January 17 and 18. Fellows of the College participating in the symposium are: Drs. Charles A. Brasher, W. W. Buckingham, Michael L. Furco]o\v, Harry V. Langeluttig, J. Arthur Myers, Karl H. Pfuetze, John W. Polk, Henry C. S\veany, and J. Le\vis Yates.
Book Reviews THE SALIENT POINTS & THE VALUE OF VENOUS ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY IN THE DIAGNOSIS OF THE CYANOTIC TYPES OF CONGENITAL MALFORMATIONS OF THE HEART, by Benjamin M. Gasul, et aI., Charles C Thomas, Springfield, 1957, $3.50 This little volume is a very valuable reference for those who would attempt to interpret the angiocardiogram. The authors have recorded the results of a ten year study of 421 serieR of Hngiocardiograms done on patients with cyanotic types of congenital anomHlies. I~Hch has been carefully verified and checked against the various clinical and laboratory studies available. Twenty-one separate entities were found in which cyanosis was present and these they have divided into 4 groups: Group 1, in which the diagnosis can almost always be made; Group 2, in which it can usually be made; Group a, in \vhich it can usually not be made, and Group 4, in which additional studies are always required. The authors then proceed to outline the salient features of each group using line drawings and diagrams as well as the actual radiographic reproductions. The pathology, hemodynamics, and the diag-rams of blood flow with the relative amounts of venous and arterial blood are all included for each entity. As a ready reference for the clinician and the laboratory worker, this volume should have an enthusiastic reception. It provides an easy graphic review in cases which are always puzzling and challenging at best, in spite of all the data one may have at hand. The volume has a nice format, and is a credit to both publisher and the authors. Paul C. Swenson, M.D.