Revival of Human Hearts

Article1 September 1936REVIVAL OF HUMAN HEARTSWILLIAM B. KOUNTZWILLIAM B. KOUNTZAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-10-3-330 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptAttempts to develop a method which would make possible studies on the revived human heart have been made during the past six years. A number of references to such work may be found in the literature. The chief object of most of the observers has been to determine the viability of the organs, and the material has, with few exceptions,1, 2 never been utilized for physiological study.There are two excellent reasons why observations on the function of organs taken from the human body after death are of importance. One is that by this means the individual characteristics of the...References1. WEARN TJ: Thebesian vessels in the heart and circulation, Jr. Exper. Med., 1928, xlvii, 293. CrossrefGoogle Scholar2. ANITSCHKOW SW: Über die Wirkung von Giften auf de Coronargefässe des isoliertern Menschenherzens bei verschiebenen Erkrankungen, Ztschr. f. exper. Med., 1923, xxxvi, 236. Google Scholar3. LEWISROTHSCHILD TM: Philos. Trans. Roy. Soc., 1915, ccvi, 181. Google Scholar4. BAKERMACLEODALEXANDER PSAGJ: Excitory process observed in the exposed human heart, Am. Heart Jr., 1930, v, 720. CrossrefGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: St. Louis, Missouri*Read before the American College of Physicians, Detroit, March 4, 1936.From the Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, and the Barnes Hospital, St. Louis, Missouri. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byDoes Death Determination by Neurologic Criteria Require Irreversible or Permanent Cessation of Brain Functions?Permanent brain arrest as the sole criterion of death in systemic circulatory arrestThe Death Watch: Certifying Death Using Cardiac CriteriaThe death watch: certifying death using cardiac criteriaFifteen minutes and cardiac arrestCardiopulmonary ResuscitationThe donor heart: The present position with regard to resuscitation, storage, and assessment of viabilityAn assessment of human cardiac transplantationPreservation of the heartTransplantation of the heart and both lungs: II. Experimental cardiopulmonary transplantationCardiac preservationHeart preservation and transplantationEffects of interrupted coronary flow upon myocardial metabolism and contractilityThe significance of postmortem coronary arterial perfusion studiesSelection and management of anaesthesia in those suffering from diseases and disorders of the heartFunction of heart after deathResuscitation from ventricular fibrillation complicating acute coronary occlusionEffect of Prolonged Periods of Anoxia on Atrioventricular Conduction and Cardiac MuscleCORONARY ARTERY DISEASECardiac resuscitationResuscitationElektrokardiographische Studien über das sterbende menschliche Herz bei verschiedenen Todesarten mit Beiträgen zur Frage der elektrokardiographisch faßbaren Herzmuskelstarre und der Einwirkung intrakardialer AdrenalininjektionenÜber die Entstehung des Herzinfarkts 1 September 1936Volume 10, Issue 3Page: 330-336KeywordsHeartHospital medicineLongitudinal studies ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 September 1936 PDF downloadLoading ...