TY - JOUR T1 - YEar book of cardiovascular medicine and surgery. AU - Dock W Y1 - 1969/08/01 N1 - 10.1001/archinte.1969.00300180125032 JO - Archives of Internal Medicine SP - 253 EP - 253 VL - 124 IS - 2 N2 - Summaries of important contributions, 1965 through 1968, in all fields of clinical and experimental cardiovascular problems are presented with cogent discussion by the editors following most items. These latter comments are invaluable even when very brief, for they correlate what is new with related observations, and they emphasize significant features.A general discussion of normal and altered function (89 pages) includes pharmacology and cardiac pacing; 41 pages are devoted to heart disease in the fetus, infant, and child; 53 pages to (noncoronary) heart disease in adults; 31 pages to coronary disease; 19 to pulmonary arteries and cor pulmonale; 37 to hypertension; 40 to peripheral vascular disease, including 12 on thrombosis and embolism; 82 pages to surgical problems; and 28 pages to techniques for studying cardiovascular functions in man.Even for the cardiologist who keeps an eye on periodicals and attends meetings, this authoritative book is useful for an overview of SN - 0003-9926 M3 - doi: 10.1001/archinte.1969.00300180125032 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archinte.1969.00300180125032 ER -