Broken hearts : the tangled history of cardiac care / David S. Jones.

Author/creator Jones, David S.
Format Book
Publication InfoBaltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2013.
Descriptionxiii, 319 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Subjects
Myocardial infarction.
Myocardial infarction--Complications.
Coronary heart disease--Treatment.
Atherosclerotic plaque.
Coronary artery bypass--Complications.
Angioplasty--Complications.
Brain damage.
Myocardial Infarction--physiopathology.
Atherosclerosis--physiopathology.
Cardiovascular Surgical Procedures--adverse effects.
Myocardial Infarction--complications.
Postoperative Complications--etiology.

Contents The mysteries of heart attacks -- The case for plaque rupture -- The case against plaque rupture -- Learning by doing -- The plaque rupture consensus -- Rupture therapeutics -- Therapeutic ruptures -- Fear and unpredictability -- Surgical ambition and fear -- Suffering cerebrums -- Deliriogenic personalities -- The case of the missing complications -- Selective inattention -- The cerebral complications of coronary artery bypass surgery -- A taxonomy of inattention -- Competition's complications.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Issued in other formOnline version: Jones, David S. (David Shumway). Broken hearts. Baltimore, Md. : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2013 1421408023
LCCN 2012018227
ISBN9781421408019 (hdbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN1421408015 (hdbk. : alk. paper)