Описание: Written for the general public, Solving the Mysteries of Heart Disease describes the lifelong journey of a world-renowned cardiac surgeon and researcher whose discoveries have saved the lives of millions of patients with heart disease and may help millions more worldwide. Yet many of these breakthroughs are ignored by the medical establishment.
Dr. Gerald Buckberg is a Distinguished Professor of Surgery at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. His initial landmark research increased the safety of open heart procedures by transforming these high-risk operations into the routine procedures they are today, benefiting over 25,000,000 patients. Over 85% of cardiac surgeons in the United States and 75% of surgeons globally use his techniques.
Buckberg and his teams have pioneered additional advances that: reverse congestive heart failure to restore healthy cardiac function, avoid heart muscle damage after an acute heart attack, treat sudden death (cardiac arrest) to allow 80% survival and rare brain damage (compared to current 15% survival and 50% brain damage in surviving patients), improve pacemaker effectiveness, and uncover why the helical heart muscle causes normal and abnormal cardiac performance.
There are few families that will not experience a loved one who suffers from one of these or the other conditions described in this book. Congestive heart failure alone touches 5 million people just in the U.S.
With a personal story that often reads like a medical and scientific thriller, Solving the Mysteries of Heart Disease pulls readers through exciting tales of triumph over formidable odds and initial failures. These are the stories of Buckbergs 50 years of research and practice, which have resulted in treatments proven effective in patients in the United States and internationally. Buckberg reveals why the medical field has been too slow to adopt these advances that might create a revolution in healthcare as he lets readers learn of them right now.
