Eugene Braunwald and the Rise of Modern Medicine
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Since the 1950s, the death rate from heart attacks has plunged from 35 percent to about 5 percent--and fatalistic attitudes toward this disease and many others have faded into history. Much of the improved survival and change in attitudes can be traced to the work of Eugene Braunwald, MD. In the 1960s, he proved that myocardial infarction was not a "bolt from the blue" but a dynamic process that plays out over hours and thus could be altered by...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0674724976
ISBN13:9780674724976
Release Date:September 2013
Publisher:Harvard University Press
Length:400 Pages
Weight:1.28 lbs.
Dimensions:1.2" x 5.8" x 8.5"
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