Author: Granath, Arne
Title: Mitral Valvulotomy: A Clinical Hemodynamic Pre-and Postoperative Study
Description: Stockholm, n.p. 1965. orig. wrappers. 24x17cm, 133 pp, Inscribed by author at head of cover. Series: Acta Medica Scandinavia, Vol. 178, 1965, Supplement 433.. Textual tables & graphs. Minor rubbing. VG. ¶ Based on a study of 300 patients operated on for mitral stenosis in the Dept. of Surgery of the New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center. Contents:Material; Methods; Calibrated phonocardiography; Electrocardiography; Exercise test; Heart volume estimation; Estimation of total amount of hemoglobin; Estimation of blood volume; Estimation of oxygen consumption; Spirometry; Technique of heart catheteriazation; Statistical methods; Investigations and general procedure; Preoperative investigations; Histories; Clinical findings; Phonocardiographic findings; Electrocardiographic findings; Values of exercise tests; Heart volume; Total amount of hemoglobin, concentration of hemoglobin and blood volume; Basal metabolic rate; Spirometric values; Right heart catherization; Operative technique, valvular anatomy and groups; Preoperative findings and some relations; Mortality during and after valvulotomy; Postoperative results; Anamnestic data; Clinical findings: Phonocardiographic findings; Electrocardiographic findings; Values of exercise tests; Heart volume; Total amount of hemoglobin, concentration of hemoglobin and blood volume; Basal metabolic rate; Spirometric values; Heart catheterization; Mitral area; Conclusions.

Keywords: Mitral Valve Stenosis, Valvulotomy, Surgery, Medicine, Cardiology, Physiology, , ,