Word: cardiologist
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...Cardiologist Thomas James of the University of Alabama in Birmingham anticipates still other strides in basic knowledge. "In the next ten years," he says, "we will understand why artery walls degenerate and why hypertension happens, and develop the means for preventing both." Heredity's complex role in cardiovascular illness will be better understood as well. Says Robert Brandenberg of the Mayo Clinic: "We're probably just on the edge of a whole new series of breakthroughs...
...decade ahead. Sophisticated new machines allow doctors to "see" a patient's heart without surgery. Major strides have been made in understanding how the heart works and why disease occurs. These in turn have led to breakthroughs in the operating theater and the drug research laboratory. Says Cardiologist Eugene Braunwald of Brigham and Women's Hospital and Beth Israel in Boston: "There's been more done in cardiology research in the past ten years than in its entire previous history." Roman DeSanctis of Massachusetts General Hospital terms it "one succession of miracles after another...
...special machine takes simultaneous cross-section views of the heart from different angles; a computer reconstructs the images to give a three-dimensional picture of the heart. "It isn't in clinical use yet, but it's a valuable tool for sophisticated research," says Jeffrey Borer, a cardiologist at New York Hospital...
...small device called an automatic implantable defibrillator. This is placed in the abdomen and has electrodes that are connected to the heart's right atrium and to the ventricles' pointed tip. It is powered by lithium batteries good for three years or 100 shocks. Says Hopkins Cardiologist Myron Weisfeldt: "When the patient has an arrhythmia persisting for at least ten seconds, the machine waits another five seconds and then discharges an electric shock, which usually stops the arrhythmia...
...victim may become extremely short of breath, break into a cold sweat, feel weak and nauseated and possibly vomit. Along with these signs and symptoms, there may be palpitations. The face can turn a ghastly gray, and the patient may experience anxiety, even a sense of impending doom. Says Cardiologist Marshall Franklin of San Diego's Clairemont Community Hospital: "It is like nothing the patient has ever known before, a feeling that something cataclysmic is happening...