Mit der Moglichkeit, Kammerflimmern und Asystolie elektrisch ohne Thoraxeroffnung zu beheben und mit der Uberwindung der Vierminuten grenze durch die externe Herzmassage hat die sogenannte Wiederbelebung im internistischen wie im anaesthesiologischen Rahmen ganzlich neue Aspekte erhalten. Uber Zufallserfolge durch besonders gliicklich gelagerte auBere Umstande hinaus ist sie zu einem Standardverfahren geworden. Sie hat zur Errichtung von Uberwachungsstationen Veranlassung gegeben, die die sogenannte Intensivtherapie praktizieren. Das Symposion hat - nach Ansicht der Herausgeber mit Erfol-...

Echocardiography has recently become one of' the most important techniques in clinical cardiology. The major advantage of this method is its noninvasive nature enabling us to apply it under a widespread variety of clinical conditions. In the late 1960s, when research and clinical application of echo cardiography were started, and during the first decade investigations were mainly focused on the morphology of the valves and the chambers of the heart. The introduction of two-dimensional echocardiography was a major breakthrough in visualizing different portions of the heart. How ever, the poor...

It was a great pleasure for us to welcome so many experts from all over the world to our symposium in Aachen. We are also pleased - and you can attribute this to my own vanity - with the success and acceptance of the concept of myocardial reperfusion and revascularization - specifically selective intracoronary lysis followed either by PTCA or bypass surgery - which we have been pursuing since 1979. But after the dramatic immediate effects of the first attempts, which you have to experience yourself, we did not expect it to be any different. We decided against performing a randomized study in...