Alexander, Eben (Proof of Heaven: A Neurosurgeon’s Journey into the Afterlife)
American Heart Association
amygdala
anesthetic
anesthetist
Anahata (Sanskrit)
angina pectoris
antibiotic treatment
anticoagulants
antidepressants
antiseptic
aorta
aorta descendens (descending aorta)
aortic arch
aortic clamp
aortic valve
aphrodisiacs
apoplexy
Aristotle
arrhythmia
arteria subclavia (subclavian artery)
arteries see also brain arteries; coronary arteries; lung arteries
arteriosclerosis
artery calcification (plaque)
artificial heart see also heart transplants; “total artificial heart”; ventricular assist device (VAD)
artificial heart valve
artificial intelligence
artificial respiration
assistant doctor
atherosclerosis
atrial auricles (“heart ears”)
atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP)
atrium see also sinoatrial node; sinus node right atrium
Atropa belladonna (deadly nightshade)
auscultation
automated external defibrillator (AED)
autonomic nervous system
autonomous information processing
autonomous stimulation
autopsy table
Aztecs of Central America
baby (newborn)
an emergency birth
and heart surgery
“kangaroo care” (skin-to-skin)
premature birth
synchronous heartbeat with mother
baby (unborn)
and the brain
synchronous heartbeat with mother
beta blockers
Big Bang
biochemical processes
biocodes
biological perception function (sensor system)
biological systems (oscillating)
biological systems (swinging)
biological systems (trembling)
biomagnetic fields
biophysics
blood see also oxygen; plasma; platelets
blood cells
blood circulation
blood flow
blood flow disturbance
blood lipids
blood pressure see also high blood pressure; systolic blood pressure
blood vessel system
blood vessels
blood-brain barrier
blood-thinning medication
body
artificial parts
energy requirements
and genes
and neutrinos (electron, muon, tau)
our awareness of
and sensations
sensor system
and the spirit
and temperature
body cells
body language
body temperature
body-oriented therapy
Bojowald, Martin (German physicist)
bowel
brain
autonomous information processing
autonomous stimulation
biocodes
biocomputer
brain rhythm disturbances
brainwaves
coherence (heart brain balance)
computed tomography (CT) scans
electric shock treatment
“head brain”
“head person”
and the heart
impulse conduction system
insular cortex
and mirror neurons
and neuroplasticity
pulse
synapses
transcranial magnetic stimulation
the weight of
brain arteries
brain cells
brain cortex
brain death
brain electrochemistry
brain fluid
brain hemorrhage
brain natriuretic peptide (BNP)
brain stem
brain stroke
breathing
broken heart syndrome (“takotsubo syndrome”)
Buddhism
bulimia
calcium deposits see also arteriosclerosis; artery calcification (plaque)
carbon
carbon dioxide
cardiac arrest
cardiac death
cardiac insufficiency
cardiac neurosis
cardiac psychology
cardiac tamponade
cardio technicians
cardio-cognitive experience (“heart consciousness”)
cardiogenic shock (heart shock)
cardiologists
cardiophobia attacks
cardioplegia
cardiovascular arrest
cardiovascular disease
cardiovascular navigation systems
cardiovascular system
catheter ablation
cattle tissue
cells see also blood cells; body cells; brain cells; muscle cells; nerve cells; stem cells
central nervous system
cerebral circulation
cerebral cortex
cerebral fluid
cerebral hemorrhage
cerebral hemispheres
cerebrum
Chargaff, Erwin (biochemist)
chest
chest pain
Chinese medicine
cholesterol
circulation see also blood circulation; cerebral circulation
circulatory system
coherence (heart–brain balance)
compassion
computed tomography (CT) scans
consciousness
and the brain
development of
and electrical stimulation
and the heart
“heart consciousness” (cardio-cognitive experience)
and neurocentralism
and the thalamus
the topography of
Consciousness Beyond Life (Pim van Lommel)
constrictive pericarditis (“armored heart”)
Copernicus, Nicolaus
coronary arteries
coronary heart disease
coronary vessels
craniosacral therapist
C-tactile afferents
da Vinci, Leonardo
de Waal, Frans (primatologist)
death see also brain death; cardiac death; livor mortis; “love death”; near-death experience; rigor mortis
dementia
depression
Descartes, René
diabetes
diazepam
disinfectant
DNA (genetic material)
dopamine (happiness hormone)
Doty, James R. (American neurosurgeon)
ductus arteriosus (ductus Botalli)
Dürr, Hans-Peter (quantum physicist)
Earth, the
Earth magnetic field
echocardiography
Eddington, Sir Arthur (astrophysicist)
Einstein, Albert see also theory of relativity
electrocardiogram (ECG)
electroencephalography (EEG)
electromagnetic fields
electromagnetic waves
electrophysiological processes
eleven-dimensional entity
embodiment see also Thomas Fuchs (psychiatrist)
emergency coordination center
emotions
endogenic opiates
endothelium
epigenetics
epilepsy (convulsive fits)
erectile dysfunction
extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO)
fibrillation
atrial
ventricu
lar
fluoroscopic imaging
Fuchs, Thomas (psychiatrist)
Galen (Roman physician)
general physician
German Heart Center, Berlin
German Organ Transplantation Foundation
Gershon, Michael D. (American neuroscientist)
Goethe, Johann Wolfgang (writer)
gut nervous system
gyrus (left-dorsolateral-middle frontal)
gyrus (right supramarginal)
Hameroff, Stuart (Canadian biologist and anesthetist)
Harvard Medical School
Harvard University
Harvey, William (English doctor and scientist)
Hawking, Stephen
headache
heart see also compassion; emotions; wisdom
autonomous information processing
autonomous stimulation
biocodes
and the brain
clock of life
coherence (heart brain balance)
first organ to develop
a flexible heart
“heart person”
heart rhythm disturbances
the impulse conduction system
its memory
muscular and neuronal remodeling of
pulse
pump
secrets of
source of life
string theory for heart cells
voice of
weight of
heart attack
heart bypass operation
heart chambers see also atrium; heart valves; ventricle
“heart consciousness” (cardio-cognitive experience)
heart contractions
“heart information”
heart muscle cells
heart muscles
heart procedures see also catheter ablation; fluoroscopic imaging
heart qualities
heart radar
heart rate
heart rate monitor
heart rate variability
heart researchers
heart sac (pericardium)
heart septums
heart surgeon
challenges
emergency doctor
and national quality assurance statistics
and patients
preparation for surgery
role
ship’s doctor
and the whole heart
heart surgery see also artificial heart; heart procedures; heart transplants; heart valve operation
aortic clamp
blood cooling
blood warming
cannulas
electric shock
heart defibrillator
heart fibrillating
heart shock (cardiogenic shock)
heart-lung machine
herniated heart
intracardiac catheters
operating room
and pacemaker cables
pneumatic surgical saw
prosthetic tube
respirator
scalpel
shutting down the heart
sternal retractor
suction drain
Type A dissection
heart transplants see also artificial heart
heart valve inflammation
heart valve operation
heart valves see also aortic valve; artificial heart valve; mitral valve; organic heart valve; tricuspid valve; valvula thebesii; valvula venae cavae inferioris
heartbeat
conscious perception of
irregularity
regularity
synchronicity between adults
synchronicity of newborn baby and mother
synchronicity of unborn baby and mother
heartbeat-evoked potentials (HEPs)
heart-lung machine
HeartMath biofeedback device
HeartMath Institute California
heartprint
heparin
Herz, Andreas (Professor of Theoretical Neuroscience)
Higgs boson (the “God particle”)
Higgs, Peter (British physicist)
high blood pressure
Hinduism
homeopathy
Homo deus (the divine human)
Homo sapiens
hormones
human beings, artificial creation
human beings, creation
Human Brain Project
Huygens, Christiaan (Dutch naturalist)
hydranencephaly
immune system
infarction
inner sensors
intensive care unit
intracardiac catheters
“kangaroo care” (skin-to-skin)
Kornfield, Jack (The Wise Heart)
Large Hadron Collider (CERN)
Laws, Edward R. (Harvard neurosurgeon)
left ventricular assist device (LVAD) see also ventricular assist device (VAD)
ligamentum arteriosum
liver
livor mortis
love
“love death”
lung arteries
lung (pulmonary) veins
lungs
magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
Maria-Hilf chapel
Massachusetts General Hospital
mathematicians
meditation
Merker, Björn (neuroscientist)
metabolic processes
Michelangelo (David sculpture)
mind, the
mirror neurons
mitral valve
Mlodinow, Leonard
motion control (motor function)
multiverse theory (M-theory) see also the universe
muscle cells
muscular and neuronal remodeling
myocarditis
near-death experience
neocortex
nerve cells see also mirror neurons
nerve signals
nerve tracts
nervous system see also autonomic nervous system; central nervous system; parasympathetic nervous system; sympathetic nervous system
nervus laryngeus recurrens (recurrent laryngeal nerve)
nervus vagus (vagus nerve)
neuro enhancers
neurocardiology
neurocentralism
neurocognitive consciousness
neurologists
neurology
neuronal and muscular remodeling
neuroplasticity
neuroscience
neuroscientists
neurosurgeon
neurotransmitters
neutrinos (electron, muon, tau)
nitroglycerin
Nitrolingual Pumpspray
noradrenaline
nurses (surgical)
nutritionist
obesity
organ donation
organ donor
organic heart valve
oxygen
oxygen mask
oxygen saturation monitor
oxytocin (“love hormone”)
pacemaker
pain receptors
parasympathetic nervous system
Pascal, Blaise (French philosopher)
pathologist
Pauli, Wolfgang (quantum physicist)
Penrose, Roger (quantum physicist)
pericardial patch
pericarditis
pericardium (heart sac)
peripheral vasoconstriction
personality changes
photosynthesis
physical astronomy
physics official theory
pig tissue
plasma
platelets
Plato
Pöppel, Ernst (neurophysiologist)
potassium
pregnancy
psyche (the)
psychiatrists
psychologists
psychoneuroimmunology
pulmonary circulation
p
ulse waves
quantum mechanics
quantum physics
quantum-mechanical processes
reality
reason
rigor mortis
Royal Society, London
Rubin Museum of Art, New York
Rumi (Persian poet and Sufi mystic)
Ryan, Rob (British artist)
Saint Augustine
Saint-Exupéry, Antoine de (The Little Prince)
San Pedro Manrique firewalkers
Schnitzler, Arthur
Self, the
Semmelweis, Ignaz (pioneer of hospital antiseptic)
sensory organs
sepsis
serotonin
sexual intercourse see also erectile dysfunction; vagus nerve (nervus vagus); Viagra
sexual orgasm
sinoatrial node
sinus node right atrium
sinus of Valsalva
skin
smoking
sonography
soul, the
spirit, the
spiritual traditions and movements
stem cell research
stem cell therapy
stem cells
stem cells (embryonic)
sternal retractor
sternum
stress
stress signals
stress waves
string theory
stroke
sympathetic nervous system
systolic blood pressure
“takotsubo syndrome” (broken heart syndrome)
technology
high-tech scans
imaging technologies
video images
virtual reality
Tesla (Neuralink)
thalamus
The Forty Days of Musa Dagh (Franz Werfel)
The Grand Design (Hawking and Mlodinow)
The Wise Heart (Jack Kornfield)
theory of “loop quantum gravity”
theory of relativity (Albert Einstein)
three-dimensional space
titanium
tranquilizers
transcranial magnetic stimulation
transplant surgeons
tricuspid valve
ultrasound
universe, the
vagus nerve (nervus vagus)
valvula thebesii
valvula venae cavae inferioris
van Lommel, Pim (Dutch heart specialist)
vascular constriction
vascular inflammation
vascular obliteration
veins see also lung (pulmonary) veins
ventricle
ventricular assist device (VAD) see also left ventricular assist device (LVAD)
Viagra
Virgin Mary (the Madonna)
virtual reality
von Bingen, Hildegard (abbess and naturalist)
wahrnehmen (to perceive)
Watzlawick, Paul (psychotherapist and scientist)
Werfel, Franz (The Forty Days of Musa Dagh)
whole body
whole person
wisdom
Yusuf, Hamza (Islamic scholar)
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Dr. Reinhard Friedl is an eminent German surgeon who has held thousands of hearts in his hands. He has operated on premature babies and repaired the heart valves of the very old, implanted artificial heart turbines, and stitched up stabbing wounds to the heart. You can sign up for email updates here.
Shirley Michaela Seul is a professional author.
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