Most of our knowledge of the physiological control of aldosterone secretion is based on animal experiments and clinical studies which were carried out in the 1950s and early 1960s by a large number of inspired, ingenious and meticulous researchers.
The aim of present-day treatment of hypertension is no longer as the effective reduction of blood pressure, regarded merely but as the ever-increasing application of new therapeutic prin- ciples to prevent such consequences of hypertension as left heart hypertrophy, medial hypertrophy of the vessels and ar- teriosclerosis.
Surgery an essentially manual exercise in its early days, has progressively grown richer in complementary techniques helping the surgeon to perfect his movements and increase efficiency.
Im vorliegenden Band wird die vielschichtige klinische Problematik von Herzmuskel- und Perikarderkrankungen sowie der Herz- und Perikardtumoren ausführlich dargestellt.
Since the last meeting "e;Myocardial Biopsy - Diagnostic Signifi- cance"e; was held under the auspices of the International Society and Federation of Cardiology (ISFC) in Munich, many new data and new aspects have been developed in the field of myocardial dis- eases.
The Anglo-Swiss Colo-Proctology Meeting, held at Lausanne in May 1983, enabled numerous specialists to share their experiences of lower gastrointestinal tract pathology.
Drei Jahre sind vergangen, seit im Januar 1979 auf einer Arbeitstagung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Medizinische Dokumentation, Informatik und Statistik e.
In the Middle Eastern states, in the developing countries of Southeast Asia and Africa with their vast populations, in the poverty-stricken Central and South American lands, and in other underprivileged parts of the world, rheumatic heart disease is a major problem with a high morbidity and mortality.
The presence of monotypism in thick atherosclerotic lesions of black females with G-6-PD mosaicism first reported by the Benditts (1973) has been confirmed in two other laboratories.
A review of the publications, dealing with the morphology of the cartilages of the tracheo-bronchial tree, shows how scarce they are and how fragmentary the contributions based on research.
Die letzte Übersicht über den Stand der Tuberkulose und die Tuberkulose bekämpfung in Deutschland ist in dem Jahresbericht des damaligen Reichs Tuberkulose-Ausschusses 1941/42 erschienen.
