Eugene Braunwald and the Rise of Modern MedicineHarvard University Press, 16 sep 2013 - 398 pagina's Much of the improved survival rate from heart attack can be traced to Eugene Braunwald's work. He proved that myocardial infarction was an hours-long dynamic process which could be altered by treatment. Thomas H. Lee tells the life story of a physician whose activist approach transformed not just cardiology but the culture of American medicine. |
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The Window | 1 |
1 Flight from Europe 19291939 | 7 |
2 An American Education 19391948 | 22 |
3 Medical Education and Training 19481952 | 32 |
4 Internship and Research at Mount Sinai and Bellevue 19521955 | 59 |
5 Clinical Associate at the NIH 19551957 | 75 |
6 Johns Hopkins Hospital 19571958 | 96 |
7 The Golden Years at the NIH 19581968 | 114 |
9 Rebuilding the Brigham 19721980 | 214 |
10 Growth and Integration 19801996 | 247 |
11 Research in Evolution | 276 |
12 Textbooks and Education in Evolution | 312 |
13 The Still Years | 327 |
Impact on the Field | 343 |
Notes | 355 |
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