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Solving the Mysteries of Heart Disease

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by Gerald D Buckberg

congestive heart failure

  author’s father and, 107–110

  condition of heart following heart attack and, 257–258, 261–262, 264, 274–275, 280

  diastolic dysfunction and, 395–413

  following treatment for heart attack, 110–123, 142–144

  heart dilation and. see dilation, heart

  ineffectivenes of common treatment, 259–260

  leaking heart valve and, 377–379

  medical community acceptance of new procedure, 277–278

  motion of heart and, 255–257

  prevalence of, 267–268

  prevention of, 268–273

  structure of heart and, 250–252, 500

  systolic dysfunction and, 395

  continuous electrical current, for ventrical fibrillation, 55–57

  controlled re-oxygenation, 165–166, 168. see also oxygen

  controlled reperfusion, 78–94, 103, 111, 121, 123–125, 128, 130–132, 137–139, 142, 159, 165–166, 177, 179–203, 180, 182, 185–186, 189, 205–208, 210, 212, 214, 217, 227–236, 260–261, 266–267

  Cook, Theodore, 460

  Cooley, Denton, 76, 78, 82

  coronary artery bypass, 9, 61, 71, 74, 89, 97, 107, 113–114, 259, 291, 301, 411–412, 510

  Coumadin, 240–242

  Cox, Jim, vii, 242, 331–332, 385, 388–389, 392, 472, 477, 491

  Craig, Richard, 392–393

  crystalloid cardioplegia, 70, 84, 86, 99, 101–102

  crystalloid cardioplegia devices, 99–100, 102

  Cushing, Harvey, 30–31

  cyanosis. see “blue babies”

  D

  da Vinci, Leonardo, 310, 335–336, 338–339, 373, 460

  de Cervantes, Miguel de, 193–194

  de Oliviera, Sergio, 280

  “dead” heart muscle. see also scarring, following heart attack

  determination of, 124–125

  ectopic heart beat and, 125–126

  reception of research findings, 132–133, 136–146

  research into, 127–131

  restoration of, 33, 57–58, 115–118, 121–124, 133–136

  decompression (venting), 59–60, 130–131, 137

  deep hypothermia, 74

  defibrillators, 172–175

  demand, oxygen, 45–46, 52, 54–55, 57, 59–60, 129–131

  dentistry, author’s early studies in, 17–18

  depression, author’s, 245–254

  diastolic dysfunction, 395–413, 447–449

  Diastolic Pressure Time Index / Systolic Pressure Time Index, 46–47, 59

  dilation, heart, 107, 109, 113, 121, 123, 257, 263, 265–266, 268–274, 280, 291, 329, 347–349, 360–368, 370, 372, 374–379, 391, 395–396, 408, 420–421, 444, 484, 491–492, 500, 506, 511

  “dinergy,” 465

  dissolved oxygen. see also oxygen

  DNA, double helix structure of, 346

  Doczi, Gyorgy, 373, 453, 457–458, 465

  Dor, Vincent, 252, 261–266, 269, 272–277, 279–280, 282, 291, 349, 364–365

  Dyson, Chuck, 71–72

  E

  Earl Bakken Award, 237–238

  ectopic heart beat, 125–126

  Einstein, Albert, 5, 53, 174, 305, 334–335, 340, 355, 492, 503, 511

  ejection fraction, 114–115, 347, 395–396, 398

  electrical system of heart, 331, 347, 388–389, 432, 442–445, 449, 460, 469–486, 489–491

  electrocardiogram (EKG), 467, 470–474

  electro-physiologists, 331, 470–472, 484, 487–489

  elliptical shape of heart, 252, 257, 261–264, 268–269, 272–273, 275, 280, 366, 370–371, 375–376, 378–380. see also surgical ventricular restoration

  endoventricular circular patch plasty (EVCPP) operation. see surgical ventricular restoration

  entroventricular tricular circular patch plasty. see surgical ventricular restoration

  Erasistratus, 310, 353–354

  excitation-contraction coupling, 471, 479, 481, 492

  F

  Fibonacci, 338–340, 346

  finger tips, spiral patterns on, 340

  Firor, Warfield, 29–31

  Follette, David, 79–82, 88

  Fontan, Francis, 279, 284–285, 291, 356

  forward, backward delivery of cardioplegia, 96–100

  Freddie Award, 392–393

  G

  Galen, 212, 256, 310–311, 353–354, 402–403, 405

  Galileo, 511

  geometry of heart, 112–123, 251–252, 257–258, 261–273, 279, 362–364, 377, 500. see also helical structure of heart

  Gibbon, John, 25, 158

  Glass, Phillip, 133

  glucose, in blood reflow, 131

  glutamate, oxygen metabolism and, 94–96, 127

  golden section, 338–339, 346, 453, 458, 461–462, 464–465

  Gorlin, Richard, 364

  H

  Harvey, William, 256, 263, 309–311, 318, 353–354, 356, 385, 392–394, 403, 430

  Heart and Helix video, 384–394

  heart attacks

  change in heart shape following, 112–113, 257–273

  condition of heart following, 109–111, 257–264

  heart dilation following. see dilation, heart

  heart scarring following. see scarring, following heart attack

  one artery closed, another open, 177–179

  restoring functioning following, 123–143, 145–146

  Heart Failure with Normal Ejection Fraction (HFNEF). see diastolic dysfunction

  heart transplants, 276, 348

  heart-lung machine, 10–12, 25–28, 33–34, 54, 60–61, 64, 85, 87, 129–130, 135, 143, 148–150, 158–169, 179–183, 186–189, 200–202, 205, 212, 244, 249–251

  Hegar, 428, 449

  helical fibers, 324, 335, 429

  helical structure of heart, 312–332, 335–357, 360–380, 371, 383–384, 395, 397, 399–402, 404, 406–408, 411, 413, 428–429, 431–435, 448–449, 453, 455–456, 460, 465, 472–474, 478, 485, 505–506

  helical ventricular myocardial band (HVMB). see helical structure of heart

  helix, of heart, 312–313, 316–317, 319, 321–322, 324, 326–327, 329, 333, 346–347, 350, 355, 361, 371, 373, 383, 387, 391, 395, 399–400, 404, 428, 431, 433, 448–449, 456, 464–465, 469, 473, 476, 485

  Helix and the Heart lecture, 332, 347–357, 381, 384–394, 451, 460

  Henry, Andy, 386

  heparin, 77

  Heymans, Corneille, 40

  Hippocrates, 111–112

  Hoffman, Julien I.E., 39–42, 45, 47, 52, 59, 128, 136, 213, 219, 221

  Hottenrott, Christof, 56

  hyperoxia, 161, 163–166. see also oxygen

  hypothermia, 78, 81, 90–91

  I

  Ignarro, Lou, 410

  Ihnken, Kai, 168

  Ilbawi, Michel, 167–168

  imaging community, 307

  Impressionism, 341

  infant cardiac surgery, right ventricular failure during, 440–441

  interdependence, 17, 21

  intermittent aortic clamping, 60, 69, 73, 89–90. see also aortic clamping

  intermittent ischemia, 89, 107

  ischemic reperfusion injury, 122, 194, 234–235. see also reperfusion injury

  “isovolumic relaxation interval,” 404. see also suction, diastolic dysfunction and

  J

  Jatene, Adib, 264, 272, 277, 364

  Johns Hopkins Hospital, 25–31, 33, 47, 51, 59, 103, 151–158, 172, 177, 494

  Johnson, Spencer, 141

  Jude, James, 172

  K

  Karmazyn, Morris, 409

  Kawata, Nobi, 134, 136

  Kirklin, John, 73–78, 82, 103, 166–167, 284–285, 408

  Koehler, 100

  Kouchoukos, Nick, 280

  Kouwenhoven, William, 172

  Kron, Irv, 280

  L

  lactic acid, reperfusion and, 79

  Langer, Glenn, 80

  Lazar, Harold,
93–95

  Lazarus Syndrome. see “sudden death”

  leaking heart valve, 377–379, 445–446

  learning, drive for, 21–22

  left bundle branch block, 487

  left ventrical assist devices, right ventricular function and, 441–442

  Lenfant, Claude, 292

  Levitt, Zelig, 2–3, 105–106

  lidocaine, in cardioplegiac solution, 70–72

  Lillehei, C. Walton, 137

  limb ischemia, 226–229

  liver transplants, 225, 234–236

  Longmire, William, 31–32, 49–50, 156, 222, 236

  Longmire Club, 236

  Longmire Legacy Award, 236

  Longmire Surgical Society Dinner, 236

  Loop, Floyd (Fred), 101–102, 280, 301

  low blood pressure, septum and, 446–447

  Lower, Richard, 312–313, 317, 335

  Lowry, Doug, 415–416

  lung transplantation, 231–234

  Lycus, 354

  M

  Maloney, James, 49–52, 62–65, 81, 84–85, 92, 237

  Malpighi, Marcello, 393

  Mayo Clinic, The, 25, 166

  Melrose, Denis, 69–70

  Menicanti, Lorenzo, 279–280, 282, 291–292

  Merkowitz, Jenny, 417, 423

  Methodist Hospital, 284

  Meyer, Willy, 140

  Michelangelo, 497

  microspheres, 41–44, 47, 53–54, 85, 128

  mitochondria, disruption to, 125, 127–128, 130, 132, 135

  Monaco conference, 260–261

  Monet, Claude, 341–342, 357

  Morita, Kiyozo, 168–169

  multi-dose cardioplegia, 86–87

  Murica, Spain, meeting in, 313

  muscle fiber orientation, 272, 315, 319, 321–325, 328, 335, 347, 361–362, 364, 367, 387, 391, 428–429, 432–433, 435, 442, 470–471

  muscle salvage, 264

  myocardia infarction. see heart attacks

  myocardial protection, 69–88, 92, 96, 101–102, 119–120, 129, 249, 285, 438–440

  N

  Nanda, Navin, 393–394

  National Institutes of Health (NIH), 160, 187, 215–216, 247, 282, 291–292

  Nelson, Roy, 86

  Nembutal, 211

  Newton, Isaac, 305

  normal functioning of heart, 112–113

  normoxia, 162. see also oxygen

  O

  Offer, Lowell, 386

  Ohio State University, 18, 196

  Okamoto, Fumiyuki, 129

  ontogeny, 481

  open heart surgery

  blue babies and, 164–166

  damage to heart muscle during, 41–47, 51–67, 69–89, 92, 120

  early period of, 25

  oxygen level during, 161

  oxygen

  “blue babies” and, 4, 26, 32, 147–156, 158–159, 161–169

  brain and, 209–211. see also brain, preventing damage to

  historical role in surgery, 150–153

  level of, 160–162

  oxygen metabolism and, 92–95, 97–98

  oxygen tension and, 160

  P

  P wave, 470–471

  pacemakers, 119, 237, 347, 443–444, 470–471, 474–492

  Pacopexy procedure, 375–377

  Paglia, Don, 494–495, 498, 501, 504

  patch procedure. see Pacopexy procedure

  patent ductus arteriosus, 152–153

  pathologists, 307

  Patz, Arnold, 160–162

  phylogeny, 387, 481

  Pomar, Jose, 313

  potassium, in reperfusion, 70, 81–82, 103, 129

  Purkinje, Jan Evangelista, 478

  purkinje fibers, 477–482, 485

  Pythagoras, 338, 346, 453, 461–462

  Q

  QRS wave, 470–472, 483, 487

  R

  reactive oxygen species (ROS), 161

  Rehn, Ludwig, 308

  Rembrant (Rembrandt van Rijn), 499–500

  remote muscle, 114, 116–121, 135, 142, 177, 180, 251, 259, 262–263, 267, 269, 280, 362, 364, 367, 371

  Renoir, Pierre-Auguste, 498

  re-operations, 244

  reperfusion injury, 121–123, 166–167, 194, 198, 201, 225, 231, 234–235, 408, 410, 438, 449, 499

  reperfusion pressure, 131

  Research Medical Industries, 99

  residents, overseeing, 221–223

  RESTORE group, 287–303, 348–349, 359, 371, 391, 395

  right ventricle function, 427–428, 430–431, 433, 435, 438

  Rodewald, Georg, 65–67, 69–70, 88

  Rose, Eric, 280

  Rose, Mike, 11

  Rosenkranz, Eliot, 96

  S

  Saleh Saleh, 434

  Salerno, Tomas, 365–366

  Sallin, Edward, 361–362, 364

  salvaged muscle, 264

  scarring, following heart attack, 244, 251–252, 257–259, 261–268, 270, 274, 276–277, 280–281, 283, 286, 293–294, 297–298, 302, 349, 351, 362, 364–368, 371–372, 375, 378, 423, 478

  Semmelweis, Ignaz Philipp, 5, 19–20, 510

  Senec, 313, 335

  septal anterior ventricular exclusion (SAVE) procedure, 375–377

  septum

  AV node in, 477

  cardiac valve surgery and, 444–446

  damage during open-heart surgery, 436–439

  diastolic dysfunction and, 447–449

  ignorance of functioning of, 427–429, 449–450

  infant cardiac surgery and, 440–441

  injury during open-heart surgery, 436–444

  left ventrical assist devices and, 441–442

  low blood pressure and, 446–447

  pacemakers and, 442–444

  right ventricular function and, 430–439, 446

  septum bundle and, 485

  Shiley, Inc., 99

  Shumway, Norman, 78

  silent heart attacks, 107, 109

  Siler, William, 288

  site selection process, 374–376

  Sjostrand, Fritiof, 126–128, 132

  Something the Lord Made, 153

  spectators, vs. experimenters, 82–83

  spherical shape, of injured heart, 116, 257–258, 263–265, 267–272, 275, 277, 290, 303, 347–349, 360–368, 371, 375, 378–379, 389, 422–423, 432, 500

  Stanley, Al, 288

  Starling, Ernest, 63–64

  Stonehenge, 451–468

  stroke, author’s, 241–245

  strokes, 205, 213–214, 217–218

  structure, function of heart, 305–308, 321–327, 329, 347–348, 361, 364, 383, 388, 397, 428, 430, 436, 444, 447. see also helical structure of heart

  Stussy, Jan, 498, 500–501

  Styron, William, 245–246, 253–254

  suction

  cardiac, 447, 449

  diastolic dysfunction and, 398–413, 447, 449

  “sudden death,” 10–14, 171–185, 189, 192–203, 205–218, 267, 290–291, 377–378, 483, 491–492

  Suma, Hisa, 280, 371–376

  Surgeon General Award, 392–393

  Surgical Treatment of Ischemic Congestive Heart Failure (STICH) trial, 291–303, 348, 378–379, 412– 413

  surgical ventricular restoration, 264–282, 288, 290, 293–295, 297, 299, 366–368, 371–372, 375–377, 395, 421, 492

  Sutton, Willie, 484, 487

  systolic dysfunction, 395

  T

  T wave, 470–472

  Taussig, Helen, 151–156, 158

  teachers, role of, 219–225

  temperature, cardioplegia and, 78, 81, 90–92, 96

  temperature, sudden death and, 185–186, 188

  terminal contraction. see limb ischemia

  tetralogy of Fallot (TOF), 151, 158

  THAM buffer, 79

  Thomas, Vivien, 153–154, 163

  Thompson, Morton, 19

  Tillisch, Jan, 126

  Torrent-Guasp, Francisco “Paco,” 313–323, 3
28, 331–332, 342, 345, 351–352, 360, 364, 371, 373, 381–394, 419–420, 428, 432, 449, 469, 471–472, 474, 478, 481

  Toscanini, Arturo, 503–504

  translational surgical research, 37–38

  triphenyl tetrazolium chloride (TTC) stains, 125

  twisting and uncoiling motion of heart, 112–113, 256–257, 262–263, 269–275, 280, 288, 308–312, 324, 326, 345–346, 353, 361, 386, 389, 398, 400–401, 404–408, 411, 420–424, 432–433, 441–443, 465, 469–470, 472–476, 479–480, 483–484, 486–487, 489–492, 494, 510

  Tyson, Neil de-Grasse, 146

  U

  University of Alabama, 166, 288

  University of California, Los Angeles, 31–33, 49–53, 61–62, 65, 69, 71, 76, 84, 89–90, 97, 107, 133–136, 138, 168, 214–215, 221–223, 227, 231, 233–237, 240, 246, 273–276, 494, 498

  University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, 20

  University of Illinois Hospital in Chicago, 229

  University of Virginia, 284

  “untwisting,” of heart muscle, 404–405

  unwitnessed arrest, 192–194, 197, 199–201, 205–218

  Urell, Herb, 18

  V

  valve ventricular approach, 378–379. see also Batista Procedure

  Vanderbilt University, 152

  ventricular fibrillation, 9–10, 53–59, 64, 81–82, 171, 177, 179–181, 184

  Vesalius, 311, 392

  Vesalius Group, 384–385

  Vietnam Wet Lung, 34–36

  Vinten-Johansen, Jake, 133

  vortex, at tip of heart, 317, 320–321, 324, 335, 337, 340, 429, 456, 463

  W

  Wechsler, Andy, 356

  white blood cell filters, 168, 232–233

  Wiggers, Carl, 476, 487

  witnessed arrests, 174, 192, 194–195, 199, 218

  wrap, right ventricular free wall, 429–433, 435, 441, 447, 449, 473

  Wright, Frank Lloyd, 169

  Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, 34

  Wyman, Elyse, 501, 504

  ABOUT THE AUTHOR

  Gerald D. Buckberg is a Distinguished Professor of Cardiac Surgery at UCLA’s David Geffen School of Medicine. He is the recipient of the 2007 American Association for Thoracic Surgery Scientific Achievement Award, the highest honor the Association bestows, and his groundbreaking achievements have been lauded with international recognition. His early research led to the landmark discovery of blood cardioplegia (a method that safely stops the heart during surgery), which has dramatically increased the safety of open heart operations. The procedure is currently used by over 85% of surgeons in the United States and 75% of surgeons worldwide. Over 25 million patients have benefitted from the technique.

  Dr. Buckberg did residency training at Johns Hopkins Hospital and UCLA, received Cardiothoracic training at UCLA Medical Center, and did research training at the Cardiovascular Institute at the University of California, San Francisco. A member of multiple surgical societies, including the American Association of Thoracic Surgery, American Surgical Association, and the Society of Thoracic Surgeons, his teams have developed new treatments for acute myocardial infarction (heart attacks) that save and restore healthy function and avoid the development of congestive heart failure that often follows heart attacks.

 

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