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IMAGE CREDITS
Image Credit page numbers refer to the print version only.
p. 27, Figure 1. Photograph. From the author’s collection. Also: p. 33, Figure 2. Photograph; p. 35, Figure 3. Photograph; p. 39, Figure 1. Photograph (right); p. 46, Figure 2. Graph; p. 49, Figure 1. Photograph (right); p. 57, Figure 2. Photographs; p. 58, Figure 3. Graph; p. 61, Figure 4. Graph; p. 62, Figure 5a. Photograph; p. 63, Figure 5b. Photograph; p. 99, Figure 1. Photograph; p. 116, Figure 1. Drawing (left); p. 144, Figure 1. Graph; p. 187, Figure 1. Chart; p. 258, Figure 1. Drawing (left); p. 263, Figure 2. Drawing; p. 268, Figure 4. Photograph; p. 269, Video; p. 273, Video 2; p. 284, Video 1; p. 299, Figure 1. Graph; p. 312, Video 1; p. 344, Figure 9a. Upper drawings; p. 350, Figure 12. Photograph (left); p. 360, Figure 1a. Drawing; p. 360, Figure 1b. Photographs; p. 402, Figure 1. Graph; p. 467, Figure 11. Upper drawings.
p. 36, Figure 4. By Frank Forney. Drawings used with permission. Also: p. 100, Figure 2; p. 271, Figure 5; p. 363, Figure 3; p. 427, Figure 1; p. 467, Figure 11, (lower left); p. 477, Figure 2.
p. 39, Figure 1. Photograph (left). Photograph Julius Comroe.
p. 49, Figure 1. Photograph (left). Used with permission of family.
p. 73, Figure 1. Painting. Used with permission of family.
p. 116, Figure 1. Photograph (right). Heart Failure Reviews, “Overview: Ventricular Restoration — A Surgical Approach to Reverse Ventricular Remodeling”, Volume 9, 2005, pp. 233–9, Gerald D. Buckberg, with permission of Springer. Also: p. 258, Figure 1. Photograph (right); p. 263, Figure 2. Drawing.
p. 201, Video 1. Bradley S. Allen, Yoshihiro Ko, Gerald D. Buckberg, Zhong Tan, Studies of isolated global brain ischemia: III. Influence of pulsatile flow during cerebral perfusion and its link to consistent full neurological recovery with controlled reperfusion following 15 minutes of global brain ischemia, European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, 2012, Volume 41, Issue 5, Pages 1155–1163, by permission of Oxford University Press. Also: p. 207, Video 1.
p. 265, Figure 3. Heart Failure Reviews, “Ventricular structure and surgical history”, Volume 9, issue 4, 2005, pp. 255–268, Gerald D. Buckberg, with permission of Springer. Also: p. 349, Figure 11. Drawing.
p. 272, Figure 6. Drawing. By Gary Wind, MD. Used with permission of artist. Also: p. 361, Figure 2. Drawing.
p. 272, Figure 6. Drawing. Reprinted from The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Volume 124, Issue 5, Gerald D. Buckberg, “Basic science review: The helix and the heart”, pages 863–883, Copyright 2002, with permission from Elsevier. Also: p. 314, Figure 1. Photograph; p. 317, Figure 3. Photograph; p. 335, Figure 2. Drawing (left); p. 336, Figure 1. Screenshot from video; p. 340, Figure 6. Photograph (left); p. 343, Figure 8. Both upper drawings; p. 344, Figure 9b. Photograph; p. 346, Figure 10. All drawings; p. 391, Figure 3. Photograph (right); p. 467, Figure 11. Photograph (lower right).
p. 290, Video 2. From the studies of Vincent Dor 2003.
p. 315, Video 2. “The Helical Heart” video. Copyright Gerald Buckberg, 2005. Also: p. 319, Video 3; p. 342, Video 2; p. 486, Figure 5. Picture.
p. 316, Figure 2. Adapted from original by Peggy Firth. Used with permission of Firth Studios. Also: p. 367, Figure 4.
p. 317, Figure 3. Photograph. From Francisco Torrent-Guasp. Also: p. 344, Figure 9b. Photograph; p. 352, Figure 13. Photograph (left); p. 391, Figure 3. Photograph (right); p. 429, Figure 2. Photograph; p. 467, Figure 11. Photograph (lower right).
p. 320, Figure 4. Drawing. Reprinted from The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Volume 13, Issue 4, WB Saunders, “Ventricular shape and function in health and disease”, pages 324, Copyright 2007, with permission from Elsevier.
p. 327, Figure 5. By Peggy Firth. Drawings used with permission of Firth Studios. Also: p. 420, Figure 1; p. 456, Figure 4; p. 463, Figure 9; p. 485, Figure 4.
p. 327, Figure 5. Drawing. Reprinted from Echocardiography, Volume 28, Issue 7, Gerald Buckberg, Julien I.E. Hoffman, Navin C. Nanda, Cecil Coghlan, Saleh Saleh and Constantine Athanasuleas, “Ventricular Torsion and Untwisting: Further Insights into Mechanics and Timing Interdependence: A Viewpoint”, pages 782–804, Copyright © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
p. 333, Figure 1. Photograph. Reprinted from The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Volume 134, Issue 5, Friedhelm Beyersdorf, Constantine Athanasuleas, “2007 American Association for Thoracic Surgery Scientific Achievement Award Recipient: Gerald D. Buckberg, MD, DSc”, pages 1105–1108, Copyright 2007, with permission from Elsevier. Also: p. 495, Figure 1. Painting.
p. 335, Figure 2. Drawings. Cook, Theodore A., The Curves of Life, First Edition. London: Constable and Company, LTD, 1914. Also: p. 338, Figure 4. Drawing; p. 343, Figure 8. Drawing (upper right).
p. 336, Video 1. Thank you to Morteza Gharib and Scott E Fraser for their Zebra fish video.
p. 337, Figure 3. Daisy flower. Johan Larson / Shutterstock.com. Image used under license from Shutterstock.com.
p. 339, Figure 5. Drawing. The Power of Limits, by Gyorgy Doczi, © 1981 by Gyorgy Doczi. Reprinted by arrangement with The Permissions Company, Inc., on behalf of Shambhala Publications, Inc., Boston, MA. www.shambhala.com. Also: p. 343, Figure 8. Photograph (lower left); p. 346, Figure 10. Two drawings (on right); p. 458, Figure 5. Drawing; p. 459, Figure 6. Drawing (lower).
p. 339, Figure 5. Drawing. Buckberg, Gerald D, “Stonehenge and the heart: similar construction”, European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, 2006, Volume 29, Issue Supplement 1, pages S286–S290, by permission of Oxford University Press. Also: p. 343, Figure 8. Both upper drawings and photograph (lower left); p. 344, Figure 9a. Lower drawings; p. 344, Figure 9b. Photograph; p. 346, Figure 10. All drawings; p. 454, Figure 2; p. 456, Figure 4. Drawing; p. 458, Figure 5; p. 459, Figure 6. Drawing (lower); p. 463, Figure 9. Drawing; p. 467, Figure 11. Upper drawings and Photograph (lower right).
p. 340, Figure 6. Photograph (right). Vadim Sadovski / Shutterstock.com. Spiral Galaxy image used under license from Shutterstock.com. Also: p. 343, Figure 8. Photograph (lower right).
p. 341, Figure 7. Painting (upper left). Claude Monet, FineArt / Alamy Stock Photo. Haystacks (1890).
p. 341, Figure 7. Painting (upper right). Claude Monet / Shutterstock.com. Image used under license from Shutterstock.com. Wheatstacks, Snow Effect, Morning (© 1891), oil on canvas.
p. 341, Figure 7. Painting (lower left). Claude Monet. Artokoloro Quint Lox Limited / Alamy Stock Photo. Rouen Cathedral, West Facade (© 1894), oil on canvas.
p. 341, Figure 7. Painting (lower right). Claude Monet. Nigel Reed QEDimages / Alamy Stock Photo. Rouen Cathedral, oil on canvas.
p. 343, Figure 8. Drawing (upper left). Leonardo da Vinci, from Windsor Castle, Royal Library.
p. 346, Figure 10. Two drawings (on left). Reprinted from Torrent-Guasp F, Buckberg GD, Clemente C, Cox JL, Coghlan HC, Gharib M. the Structure and Function of the Helical Heart and its Buttress Wrapping. I. The Normal Macroscopic Structure of the Heart. Semin Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2001;13:301–19.
p. 350, Figure 12. Painting (right). Chagall, Marc (1887–1985) © ARS, NY. The Rabbi of Vitebsk. 1914. Oil on canvas. Photo Credit: Scala / Art Resource, NY.
p. 352, Figure 13. Photograph (right). Hurricane. Harvpino / Shutterstock.com. Image used under license from Shutterstock.com.
p. 355, Figure 14. Photograph. James Steidl © | Dreamstime.com.
p. 390, Figure 1. Photograph. Roman Coliseum. abadesign / Shutterstock.com. Image used under license from Shutterstock.com.
p. 390, Figure 2. Photograph (left). Dome of gothic cathedral. © Javarman | Dreamstime.com.
p. 390, Figure 2. Photograph (right). Flying Buttresses of Notre Dame Cathedral. Bill Perry / Shutterstock.com. Image used under license from Shutterstock.com.
p. 391, Figure 3. Photograph (left). Duomo Santa Maria Del Fiore and Bargello. kavalenkava / Shutterstock.com. Image used under license from Shutterstock.com.
p. 429, Figure 2. Photograph. Reprinted from The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Volume 148, Issue 6, Gerald D. Buckberg, Julien I.E. Hoffman, “Right ventricular architecture responsible for mechanical performance: Unifying role of ventricular septum”, pages 3166–71, Copyright 2014, with permission from Elsevier. Also: p. 438, Figure 3. Photograph.
p. 448, Figure 4. Photograph. Buckberg, Gerald D, “Right ventricular failure after surgical ventricular restoration: operation or myocardial protection problem?”, European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, 2017, Volume 52, Issue 6, pages 1018–1021, by permission of Oxford University Press.
p. 452, Figure 1. Photograph. Skyscan Photolibrary / Alamy Stock Photo. Photograph. Stonehenge. Also: p. 455, Figure 3. Photograph (upper).
p. 455, Figure 3. Photograph (lower). Stonehenge pillars. Copyright © 2007 Les Still. Used with permission of the copyright owner. http://mysticrealms.org.uk/
p. 459, Figure 6. Photograph (upper). Copyright © 2002 Kenny Ames. Used with permission of the copyright owner. www.Dragonknightphoto.com.
p. 471, Figure 1. Drawing. © Pjmorley | Dreamstime.com.
p. 485, Figure 3. Drawing. Atrioventricular Bundle Dissected in the Left Ventrice.Sobotta Atlas of Human Anatomy © Elsevier GmbH, Urban& Fischer, Munich. Anatomy: A Regional Atlas of the Human Body. Carmine Clemente. Fourth Edition.
p. 495, Figure 1. Painting. By the author. Also: p. 496, Figure 2. Painting; p. 502, Figure 3. Paintings (upper and lower); p. 503, Figure 4. Drawings (left and right); p. 504, Figure 5. Drawing; p. 505, Figure 6. Drawing.
INDEX
Note: Entries in this index, carried over verbatim from the print edition of this title, are unlikely to correspond to the pagination of any given e-book reader. However, entries in this index, and other terms, are easily located by using the search feature of your e-book reader.
A
acid citrate dextrose (ACD), 77
Air Force, service in, 34–37, 495–496
Albom, Mitch, 245–246
Alexievich, Svetlana, 394
Alfred University, 18
Allen, Brad, 129, 149, 167–168, 191, 198, 205– 206, 213–214, 216, 225, 229, 231–235
American Association of Clinical Anatomists, 382
American Association of Medical Colleges, 425
American Association of Thoracic Surgery (AATS), 62–63, 69–70, 72–73, 88–89, 139–140, 277, 332, 381, 384, 387–389
American College of Surgeons Forum, 44
American Heart Association, 133, 188, 221
American Medical Association, 140
amputation, limb ischemia and, 226–230
anatomists, 307
aneurysm, 114, 363
angina, 106, 109
angioplasty, 113, 115–116, 119, 122, 124, 139, 142, 145, 214, 251–252, 258, 261–262, 264, 267
anti-oxidants, oxygen level and, 164–166, 168
aortic clamping, 59, 69–70, 73, 76, 89–93
apical loop, 316–317, 327, 346, 429, 463–464, 467
architecture, heart structure and, 342–345, 389–390, 467
Argentina, conference in, 247–253
arrhythmia, 110, 114, 121, 139, 290–291
art, relation to science, 341–342, 425, 451, 493–507
aspartate, heart metabolism and, 95–96, 127
Athanasuleas, Chris, 287
Athanasuleas, Connie, 9–12, 183, 280, 282–283, 287–288, 349, 359–360, 366
atherosclerosis, 106
atrial fibrillation, 239–243
Awang, Yahya, 273
B
Bahnson, Henry, 27–29
Barnard, Jim, 100
basal loop, 316–317, 319, 321, 327, 383, 429, 463, 485
Basic Science Lecture, AATS’s. see Helix and the Heart lecture
Batista, Randas, 283, 285, 359, 365–366, 370, 374, 378. see also Batista Procedure
Batista Procedure, 283, 285, 365–366, 368–370, 372–374, 376, 378
Bayliss, Colin, 84
Berger, Olive, 156
Bernard, Claude, 82–83, 141, 214, 219, 224, 248, 310, 323, 509
Beyersdorf, Friedhelm, 177–178, 200, 205, 214, 225–230, 232, 235, 280
Blalock, Alfred, 26, 32, 152–158, 163
Blalock-Taussig shunt, 152–156, 158
Blaustein, Joe, 498–499
blood cardioplegia devices, 99–100, 102
body temperature, sudden death and, 175
Borelli, Giovanni, 310
bradycardia, 487
brain, maintaining nourishment to, 172, 176, 179–180, 182–184, 186–187, 191–192, 194–203
brain, preventing damage to, 205–218
brain damage, 12–13, 169, 174–176, 180, 182–183, 185–189, 191–195, 197–203, 205–218
brain death, 12, 29, 171, 176, 184, 191–192, 195. see also brain damage
brain swelling, 211
Brecher, Geha
rd, 403
Bruin Masters, 214
Buckberg, Gia, 254, 506
Buckberg, Ingeborg, 157–158, 247, 419
Buckberg, Nicole, 224–225
bundle of His, 443, 477, 483–486, 487–488
Busuttil, Ron, 234–235
C
caduceus, 354–355
calcium
diastolic dysfunction and, 408–413
level in heart, 28, 32, 70, 75, 77–82, 125, 130, 135
cannula invention, 35–37, 97, 102
CAPS, 100
cardiac arrest (sudden death). see “sudden death”
Cardiac Dance; Spirals of Life, 415–425
cardiac hyper-contracture, 81
cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT), 443, 445, 475–476
cardiac surgery, heart muscle damage following, 28–29, 33–34
cardiac valve surgery, septum and, 444–446
cardiogenic shock, 118–120, 135
cardiologist-surgeon relationship, 131, 138, 142
cardiology, author’s choice of profession, 17–18
cardioplegia, 66, 69–89–103, 120, 123, 145, 165, 261, 283, 285, 305, 439, 511
cardioplegic solution, blood, 3, 5, 11, 65–66
cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), 10–13, 172–176, 179–184, 186, 189, 193, 195–201
Cardiovascular Research Institute (CVRI), 38–44, 219–221, 278, 397
cardiovascular surgery, choice of profession, 22–23
Cariporide, 410–413
Carraway Hospital, 284
Cash, Shellie, 416–418, 424
Castella, Manuel, 323–325, 406–407
Chagas Disease, 366
Churchill, Winston, 213
citrate phosphorus dextrose (CPD), 78–79
cleavage planes, 319
Clemente, Carmine, 381–382, 437
Cleveland Clinic, 101–102, 284
Coghlan, Cecil, 385, 389–392, 478–482, 490–492
College Conservancy of Music, University of Cincinnati, 415–418
Columbia University, 284
Columbus, Christopher, 277
Comroe, Julius, 39–40, 52, 219–221, 278, 397
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