Charles Darwin arrived at the Galapagos Islands some three centuries after their discovery. Thousands of seafarers had been there before him, but in these islands Darwin found something more enduring than fresh water and tortoise meat. He found nourishment for an idea an idea so powerful that its implications revised the place of humans in the universe and enriched every facet of science. Darwin tested and refined his idea for decades before he was persuaded to go public in 1859 by publishing The Origin of Species. Today this remote archipelago is the destination of vast numbers of...
Charles Darwin arrived at the Galapagos Islands some three centuries after their discovery. Thousands of seafarers had been there before him, but in t...
In May 1990, the First International Symposium on Congenital Heart Disease in Adolescents and Adults was organized in Rotterdam. During these three days' Symposium an overview of the many new problems facing the adult and pediatric cardiologist as well as the cardiac surgeon in this rapidly increasing subgroup of the adolescent and adult cardiac population was given. Chal- lenges, controversies, uncertainties and questions were presented and discussed with great enthusiasm. We are greatful that most speakers who participated in this symposium, were willing to write a chapter on their...
In May 1990, the First International Symposium on Congenital Heart Disease in Adolescents and Adults was organized in Rotterdam. During these three da...
In the late 1960s, American society entered a period of rapidly accelerating social change. Certainty that U.S. vast scientific and technical capability would be able to find solutions to all problems began to turn to concern, as organizational efforts were unable to keep pace with new developments in a variety of areas.
The health field, with its focus on the well-being of individuals, felt the impact of these changes particularly strongly. Medicines became more focused on isolated health practices, as the patient's needs were attended to within groups of unrelated biological...
In the late 1960s, American society entered a period of rapidly accelerating social change. Certainty that U.S. vast scientific and technical capab...
In Deutschland kommt etwa jedes 100. Neugeborene mit einem Herzfehler zur Welt. Die Prognose angeborener Herzfehler verbessert sich durch neue Technologien in Diagnostik und Therapie.
Die Schwerpunkte des Buches sind - Einteilung und Systematik der Herzfehler - Klinische Untersuchung, incl. fetale Echokardiographie - alle Therapieverfahren - Erstversorgung kritischer kranker Neugeborener - Betreuung herzoperierter Kinder und Jugendlicher - Schwangerschaft bei angeborenen Herzfehlern.
Die Autoren legen besonderen Wert auf eine gut verstandliche Darstellung der komplexen...
In Deutschland kommt etwa jedes 100. Neugeborene mit einem Herzfehler zur Welt. Die Prognose angeborener Herzfehler verbessert sich durch neue Tech...