Volume 9(4); December 1982 Editorial Anniversary Symposium of the Texas Heart Institute and the German Heart Center PMCID: PMC351657 Original Communications The Noninvasive Diagnosis of Coronary Artery Disease in Patients with Left Bundle-Branch Block PMCID: PMC351658 Preferential Coronary Arterial Drug Delivery PMCID: PMC351659 Surgical Treatment of Tachycardias in Preexcitation Syndromes PMCID: PMC351660 Cyanotic Congenital Heart Disease PMCID: PMC351661 Cardiovascular Medicine and Surgery in the 1980s Abstracts and Reviews from the Anniversary Symposium of the Texas Heart Institute and the German Heart Center: September 20-23, 1982 Athens, Greece PMCID: PMC351662 Part 1 Advances in Diagnostic Cardiovascular Procedures Stress Testing and Coordinated Noninvasive Techniques in Clinical Cardiology PMCID: PMC351663 Advances in Ultrasonic Imaging PMCID: PMC351664 Advances in Nuclear Cardiology PMCID: PMC351665 Coronary Arteriography: Past, Present, and Future PMCID: PMC351666 Digital Cardiovascular Radiology PMCID: PMC351667 Part 2 Developing Concepts in Cardiovascular Surgery Transplantation PMCID: PMC351668 Clinical Use of Artificial Hearts in 1982 PMCID: PMC351669 Cardiac Assist Devices PMCID: PMC351670 Part 3 Arrhythmias: Assessment and Management Cardiac Pacemakers: Present and Future PMCID: PMC351671 Assessment of Tachycardia-Prone Individuals PMCID: PMC351672 Assessment of Tachycardias in Preexcitation Syndromes PMCID: PMC351673 New Antiarrhythmic Agents: Their Role in Preventing Sudden Death PMCID: PMC351674 Assessment and Treatment of Tachycardias in Ischemic Heart Disease PMCID: PMC351675 Surgical Treatment of Tachycardias in Preexcitation Syndromes PMCID: PMC351676 Tachydysrhythmias in the Pediatric Population PMCID: PMC351677 Article Vignettes PMCID: PMC351678 Part 4 Advances in Pharmacological Management of Congestive Heart Failure and Hypertension Medical Treatment of Congestive Heart Failure: Agents Affecting the Peripheral Vasculature PMCID: PMC351679 New Inotropic Agents in the Management of Cardiac Failure PMCID: PMC351680 Modern Management of Hypertension: Effective Reduction of Elevated Blood Pressure Combined with Consideration of Lipid Metabolism PMCID: PMC351681 Part 5 Valvular Heart Disease and Cardiomyopathies Concepts of Ventricular Contractility in Pressure and Volume Overload PMCID: PMC351682 Evaluation of Aortic and Mitral Valve Disease PMCID: PMC351683 Results with Björk-Shiley Tilting Disc and Ionescu-Shiley Bioprosthesis PMCID: PMC351684 Homografts and Other Grafts of Nonvalvular Origin PMCID: PMC351685 Characteristics and Morphological Assessment of Current Concepts PMCID: PMC351686 Part 6 Drugs for the Treatment of Coronary Artery Disease Beta-Adrenergic Receptor Blockers and Nitrates for Angina Pectoris PMCID: PMC351687 Calcium Antagonists: Rationale for Their Use in Exertional and Resting Angina Pectoris PMCID: PMC351688 Primary and Secondary Prevention in Coronary Artery Disease PMCID: PMC351689 Part 7 Intervention and Decision-Making in Acute and Chronic Ischemic Heart Disease Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Angioplasty: Experience with 416 Patients PMCID: PMC351690 Functional Results of Revascularization with Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Angioplasty PMCID: PMC351691 Coronary Artery Bypass: Facts and Figures PMCID: PMC351692 Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery: The European Prospective Randomized Study—Implications for Management after Infarction PMCID: PMC351693 Thrombolysis in Acute Myocardial Infarction: Prevention or Containment, Ventricular Function, Outcome, Long-Term Results, Systemic or Intracoronary PMCID: PMC351694 Current Status and Future Aspects of Surgery for Acyanotic Congenital Heart Disease PMCID: PMC351695 Cyanotic Congenital Heart Disease PMCID: PMC351696 Outlook for Children after Emergency Cardiac Surgery PMCID: PMC351697 Article In Memory of Leopold L. Meyer 1892-1982 PMCID: PMC351698 Editorial Comment Management of Aortic Transection PMCID: PMC351699 Articles Vignettes PMCID: PMC351700 Vignettes PMCID: PMC351701 Journal Matter Original table of contents page Administrative content — journal masthead, notices, indexes, etc. | ||