The Heart Healers (60 page)

pulmonary artery

pulmonary capillary pressure

pulmonary valve stenosis

purse-string suture

Race Associated Cardiac Arrest Event Registry (RACER)

radial pulse

randomized trials

of angioplasty and angiography

funding for

of intravenous streptokinase

of LoDoCo

of Mediterranean diet

of revascularization

of statins

t-PA results in

Ransone, Albert

recreational drugs

red wine

regenerative medicine.
See
stem cell therapy

regurgitation.
See
valve insufficiency

Rehn, Ludwig

cardiac surgery success of

Harken compared with

as revolutionary surgeon

suture method of

Relman, Arnold

remorse

reperfusion

research.
See
cardiovascular research

restenosis

retroperfusion

revascularization

revolutionaries

rheumatic fever

penicillin preventing

symptoms

as valve disease cause

rhythm of death.
See
ventricular fibrillation

Richards, Dickinson

catheterization origins and

Nobel Prize of

right heart

right ventricle

risk

with atheroma

atherosclerosis and

with bypass surgery

cardiovascular research

cross-circulation surgery

ER patient

genetic history and

lifestyle and

with running

of smoking

with sugar

test

u-shape curve

Roberts, William C.

robotic surgery

Romeis, Peter

Ross, Richard

Ross, Russell

rosuvastatin (Crestor)

running

Sankyo

saphenous vein bypass graft surgery

scalpel

Schatz, Richard

Schiavo, Terri

Schneider, Peter

Scolnick, Edward

SCOR.
See
Specialized Center of Research in Ischemic Heart Disease

seizures

Senning, Ake

serendipity

sexual activity

Sharma, Sanjay

Sheldon, William

Sherry, Sol

Shirey, Earl

shrapnel

Shrapnel, Henry

Shumway, Norman

character of

heart muscle damage and

heart transplantation and

immunosuppressive discovery by

Sigwart, Ulrich

Simon, Jerry

simvastatin (Zocor)

Smithy, Horace

smoking

angina with

cardiac risk and

in diagnosis

Sobel, Burton

Sones, Mason

catheterization and

character of

coronary angiography and

death of

Favaloro friendship with

Gruentzig with

IMA implants study by

lung cancer of

Sones technique

Specialized Center of Research in Ischemic Heart Disease (SCOR)

Squires, Claire

St. Goar, Frederick

St. Jude Medical

Starr, Albert

artificial valve and

heart failure reversal and

Starr-Edwards valve

statins

in animal research

CAD prevention and

cholesterol reduction with

cost of

Endo’s discovery of

life-long use of

preventative therapy with

randomized trials of

side-effects of

statistics

statistics

atherosclerosis

CAD

for congenital heart disease

coronary balloon angioplasty

diet

heart attack

heart transplantation

with statins

stents and restenosis

valve surgery

Stein, Aaron

atherosclerosis of

character of

death of

heart attack of

stem cell

stem cell therapy

stenosis.
See also
aortic stenosis; mitral valve stenosis; restenosis

stent

balloon-expandable

drug-eluting

restenosis treatment with

Stent, Charles Thomas

sternum

Stewart, Robert

streptokinase

alternative to

cost of

method of infusion for

trials for intravenous

stroke

sudden death

with atherosclerosis

in athletes

causes of

CHF rate of

CPR after

early cardiac surgery and

with exercise

heart block and

in marathon runners

with ventricular fibrillation

witness of

sugar

Surgeon General

surgery.
See
heart surgery

sutures.
See also
purse-string suture

Swan, Jeremy

balloon catheter idea of

cardiac output measurement and

character of

heart attack treatment and

Swanson, Robert

swedge

symptoms

absence of

arrhythmia

CAD

chest pain

heart failure

rheumatic fever

valve disease

systole

systolic blood pressure.
See
blood pressure

television watching

Terri’s Law

tests

tetralogy of Fallot

components of

death with

treatment

therapy.
See
medical therapy; preventative therapy; stem cell therapy; thrombolytic therapy

Thompson, Peter

Thornton, Margaret Anne

3-D printer

thrombolysis

thrombolytic therapy

angioplasty compared to

genetic agent for

mortality rate with

thrombosis

thrombus

autopsy and

challenges with

death and

dissolving agent for

heart attack and

heart muscle death after

tissue plasminogen activator (t-PA)

commercial production of

cost of

in randomized trials

tissue rejection

Topol, Eric

t-PA.
See
tissue plasminogen activator

trans fats

treatment.
See also
preventative therapy

angioplasty

aortic valve disease

atherosclerosis

with balloon catheter

CAD

coronary angiography

with defibrillator

diagnosis compared to

of early mitral valve stenosis

heart attack

for heart failure

immediate compared to gradual

innovations in

restenosis

tetralogy of Fallot

valve disease

weight loss

Trento, Alfredo

heart transplant program of

tetralogy of Fallot treatment by

tricuspid valve

underdeveloped countries

University of Minnesota Hospital

unstable angina.
See
angina

Vagelos, Roy

valve disease.
See also
aortic stenosis; mitral valve stenosis

balloon catheter treatment for

curing

diagnosis and treatment of

heart failure and

rheumatic fever causing

symptoms of

treatment without surgery

valve insufficiency

valve surgery.
See also
aortic valve surgery; mitral valve surgery; prosthetic valve surgery

valves.
See also
aorta; artificial valve; mitral valve; tricuspid valve

Van Slyke, Donald

Varco, Richard

vegetations

veins

venous

ventricle

ventricular fibrillation

air bubbles and

in animal research

atheroma creating

on ECG

research