Roberts, John Bingham, 63
Rohman, Michael, 97
Roman Catholic Church, 22
Roman Empire, 40
romantic love, heart as locus of, 21
Rome, 42
Romeis, Peter, 105, 107
Roosevelt, Franklin Delano, 114–15, 117, 120
Rosenman, Ray, 126–27
Ross, Donald, 85
Royal Infirmary (Edinburgh), 137
Ruelle, David, 160n
Russia, 118
Sacred Heart of Jesus, 22
St. Louis, 33, 62n, 72; Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, 33–38, 42, 47–48, 54, 72
St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital (Houston), 190
St. Petersburg (Russia), 118
Salem (Massachusetts), 117
Salt Lake City, 22, 192
San Francisco Bay Area, 123
Sauerbruch, Ferdinand, 108
schizophrenia, 77n
Schmidt, Pamela, 84–85
Schneider, Richard, 104, 107, 108
Scientific American, 127
Scotland, 137, 157, 160, 220
Sears, Roebuck, 78
sedatives, 219
sedentary lifestyle, 123, 241
selection bias, 232
self-experimentation, 102–11, 161
Separation (Munch), 16
septal defects: atrial (ASDs), 77, 78, 94; ventricular (VSDs), 78–80, 83–84, 168
September 11, 2001, terrorist attack, see 9/11
Seroquel, 223
Servetus, Michael, 43
Seuse, Heinrich, 22
Shakespeare, William, 21
Shaw, Laura, 139
shock, 56, 59, 60, 62, 109, 129
shocks, electrical, see defibrillation
shortness of breath, 24, 25, 115, 145, 150, 184, 192
Shumway, Norman, 186–88
Siddiqui, Mohammed, 209–10
Siemens echocardiogram machine, 58
Sigmamotor milk pump, 82
Sikhs, 29
Sinai Hospital (Baltimore), 173, 174
Sinemet, 221, 223
sinoatrial node, 151–52, 152, 154
sleep disorders, 210, 219–21, 223–24
smoking, 13, 70, 126, 134, 144, 233, 242; as cardiovascular risk factor, 54, 120–22, 128, 132, 237; rates of, 13, 118, 238
snakes, 7–9, 28
Snow, John,115–17
Snow White (fairy tale), 12
sonar, see ultrasound
Sones, Mason, 134–37, 142, 144, 239
Sontag, Susan, 7, 12
South Africa, 183, 186–88
South Asians, prevalence of heart disease among, 122–23, 234
spiral waves, 155, 155–57, 156, 159–60, 217, 242
Stanford University, 187
startle response, 122, 132, 214, 237, 240
statins, 110, 232, 234
stents, 53, 110, 130, 143–44, 220–21, 237
Sterling, Peter, 124–25, 231, 240
Stevenson, Lynne Warner, 189
stimulant drugs, 118
stomach ulcers, 214
strokes, 65, 96, 157, 189, 195, 223; risk factors for, 4, 115, 120, 133, 233
sudden cardiac death, 28, 75, 120–21, 166–67, 176, 226; emotional stress causing, 8–9, 26–28, 31, 129–30, 160, 206–207; prevention of, see defibrillators; ventricular fibrillation as major cause of, 157–58, 171, 192, 211, 220–21, 223–25
superior vena cava, 104, 175, 176
supplements, dietary, 147–48, 165, 181
surgical hypothermia, 77–79, 82
Sweden, 61, 90–91
Switzerland, 11n, 140, 171
sympathetic nervous system, 207, 217, 220–21, 238
syphilis, 105
Syracuse University, 159
Syria, 41
tachycardia, 174
Takens, Floris, 160n
takotsubo cardiomyopathy, 24, 24–26, 31, 124
tamponade, 56–57, 61–63, 141
“Termination of Malignant Ventricular Arrhythmias with an Implanted Automatic Defibrillator in Human Beings” (Mirowski), 177
Texas Instruments, 170
Thailand, 220
Threefold Life of Man, The (Böhme), 33
thrifty genes, 234
thrombosis, 37, 97, 114, 129, 232, 239
Time magazine, 84, 95
tissue death, 37–38, 40
Tobacco Institute, 121
Toronto, University of, 93
transposition of the great arteries, 81
treadmill stress test, 4
Trendelenburg, Friedrich, 90
Trost, Dr., 4–5, 233–34
Truman, Harry, 115
tuberculosis, 37, 62, 117
Tufts University, 117
Tulane University, 118
turbulence, 42n, 159–60, 234
type A personality, 126–27
ulcers, 214
ultrasound, 25, 51, 55–56, 58, 60–61, 141, 233; see also echocardiograms
Ulysses (Joyce), 140
Unger, Ernst, 107–108
United Kingdom, incidence of heart disease in, 12–13
United States: age at first heart attack in, 122; artificial heart programs in, 189–97; cardiac research in, 87–96, 166–70, 172–77; catheters manufactured in, 141; congenital heart defects in, 75; cost of medical devices in, 149; defibrillators implanted in, 207–16; epidemiological studies in, 113, 116–29; first residency program in, 70; heart transplants in, 187–89; incidence of heart disease in, 12, 123; mortality from heart disease in, 87, 113–15, 157–58, 238; stent use in, 144; see also specific states and municipalities
University Hospital (Zurich), 142
“Use of Ultrasonic Reflectoscope for the Continuous Recording of the Movements of Heart Walls” (Edler and Hertz), 61
Utah, University of, Medical Center, 191–92
vaccinations, opposition to, 165
Valium, 219
Vanderbilt University, 189
Variety Club Heart Hospital (Minneapolis), 80
vascular inflammation, 128
vasopressin antagonists, 239
vegetarian diet, 122, 231, 236
vena cava, 63, 104, 175, 176
ventilators, 54, 97, 196
ventricles, 18, 37–38, 40–47, 59–61, 69, 133, 145; of artificial heart, 190, 192–93; congenital defects of, 75, 78–84, 168; electrophysiology of, 151, 152, 166–67; implantable devices attached to, 170–71, 176, 196, 211; premature contractions of, 206, 233, 241; survival of injuries to, 63–65, 68; see also ventricular fibrillation
ventricular assist devices (LVADs), 196
ventricular fibrillation, 9, 137, 146, 157–60, 171–75, 175, 179; animal studies of, 175, 175–76, 205–206; as major cause of sudden cardiac death, 157–58, 171, 192, 211, 220–21, 225; see also defibrillators
ventricular septal defects (VSDs), 78–80, 83–84, 168
verruga peruana, 105
Vesalius, Andreas, 42, 157n
Veterans Affairs Hospital (Buffalo, New York), 169–70
Vibrio cholerae, 116n
Victoria, Queen of England, 115
Vietnam War, 121
vigilance, 124, 125n, 137, 240
voltage, 17, 19, 151, 168
voodoo death, 27–28, 31, 160
“‘Voodoo’ Death” (Cannon), 27
“vulnerable period,” 158–59, 161, 167, 173, 175, 179, 206
Wake Forest University, 214
Wang, Thomas, 114
Wangensteen, Owen, 74, 76, 78, 187
Warm Springs (Georgia), 115
Washington, D.C., 65
Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, 33–38, 42, 47–48, 54, 71, 72, 202
Washkansky, Louis, 188
Watson, Cecil, 81–82
Watson, Thomas, 93
Wayne State University, 94
White, Paul Dudley, 121
Whitehall study, 125
Wilkes College, 94
Williams, D
aniel Hale, 61–62, 64–67
World Trade Center, 9/11 terrorist attack on, 3, 201–205
World War I, 103
World War II, 73, 99, 111, 113, 114, 117, 118, 166, 173–74
X-rays, 4–5, 59, 61, 100, 105, 106, 119, 133, 136–37
Yalta Conference, 114
yoga, 216, 232, 235, 241
York (England), 115
Zionism, 174
Zoll, Paul, 166–67, 172
Zurich (Switzerland), 140
A NOTE ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Sandeep Jauhar, MD, PhD, is the director of the Heart Failure Program at Long Island Jewish Medical Center. He is the bestselling author of Doctored and Intern and a New York Times contributing op-ed writer. He lives with his wife and their son and daughter on Long Island.
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