RT Book, Section
A1 Malouf, Joseph F.
A1 Maleszewski, Joseph J.
A1 Tajik, A. Jamil
A1 Seward, James B.
A2 Fuster, Valentin
A2 Harrington, Robert A.
A2 Narula, Jagat
A2 Eapen, Zubin J.
SR Print(0)
ID 1161723216
T1 FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY OF THE HEART
T2 Hurst's The Heart, 14e
YR 2017
FD 2017
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9780071843249
LK accesscardiology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1161723216
RD 2024/04/18
AB The  study  of  the  heart  and  great  vessels  has  expanded  since  the  days  of  Andreas  Vesalius,  the  great  16th-century  anatomist  who  recognized  the  impact  of  anatomy  on  the  practice  of  medicine.  During  the  European  Renaissance,  the  tomographic  approach  to  the  study  of  cardiac  anatomy  became  popular  because  of  its  artistically  based  correlations.  This  is  vividly  depicted  in  the  drawings  of  Leonardo  da  Vinci1  (Fig.  4–1),  the  first  comparative  anatomist  since  Aristotle  (see  Chap.  1).  During  the  ensuing  nearly  400  years,  however,  interest  in  cardiac  anatomy  was  very  sporadic  and  limited  to  a  few  zealous  and  pioneering  physicians,  anatomists,  and  artists.  The  19th  century  ushered  in  the  era  of  anatomic  dissection  for  the  study  of  physiologic  and  pathophysiologic  processes,  and  correlations.  Virchow  in  1885  described  the  inflow-outflow  method  of  cardiac  dissection,  which  followed  the  direction  of  blood  flow.2  It  was  quick  and  simple  and  became  the  dissection  method  of  choice.  The  works  of  Virchow  and  Osler  paved  the  way  to  understanding  the  pathophysiologic  basis  of  such  diseases  as  pulmonary  embolism,  endocarditis,  and  heart  failure.2  Renewed  interest  in  the  study  of  cardiac  anatomy  and  pathology  was  facilitated  by  the  rise  in  autopsy  rates  in  Europe  and  North  America  during  the  first  half  of  the  20th  century.3  Herrick  described  the  clinical  features  of  coronary  thrombosis.3  Later,  Blumgart,  Schlesinger,  and  Zoll  advanced  our  understanding  of  coronary  artery  disease  through  elegant  clinicopathologic  correlations.3