This online resource weaves together the major developments in the diagnosis and treatment of heart disease in the twentieth century, how the Mayo Clinic evolved from a family practice in Minnesota into one of the world's leading medical centres, and how the invention of new tec…
This study explores the parallel histories of the Mayo Clinic, the care of patients with heart disease, and specialization in cardiology during the twentieth century. Chapters are devoted to such technologies as open-heart surgery, coronary angiography, and echocardiography, and…
This online resource weaves together the major developments in the diagnosis and treatment of heart disease in the twentieth century, how the Mayo Clinic evolved from a family practice in Minnesota into one of the world's leading medical centres, and how the invention of new tec…