DEVELOPMENT OF THE HEART
DEVELOPMENT OF THE HEART
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心脏的发育
DOI:
10.1136/bmj.2.5163.1387
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发表时间:
1959
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G. Graham
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G. Graham
DEVELOPMENT OF THE HEART Normale und Pathologische Entwicklung des Menschlichen Herzens. By Klaus Goerttler. (Pp. 123; illustrated. DM. 33.) Stuttgart: Georg Thieme Verlag. 1958. Recent advances in the diagnosis and surgical treatment of congenital heart disease have made the normal and abnormal development of the human heart a subject of more than usual interest. K. Goerttler, of the University Institute of Pathology at Kiel, has over a number of years tried to fit the various facts and hypotheses into a general theory which would serve to explain the development of congenital heart lesions. In particular, he has stressed the influence of haemodynamic factors in their genesis. This monograph summarizes his work and views, while taking critical account of the work done by others. The book is divided into two main sections. The general part describes the basic principles in the normal and abnormal development of the heart. Normal longitudinal growth, looping, and internal structuring are taken to depend on especially high metabolic activity in certain parts of the primitive cardiac tube at critical periods. The division into inflow and outflow portions is thought to be haemodynamically determined, with septation a secondary phenomenon. All congenital cardiac defects are considered to be the result of differential growth arrests of those parts of the heart which, at a given time, are metabolically most active and thus particularly vulnerable to (unspecified) endogenous or exogenous teratogenic agents. Many of the vascular anomalies are thought of as " dependent" upon the primary cardiac defect or defects. The second part treats in detail of the teratology of the different phases (of which four are distinguished) in the growth and development of the heart. Each phase and its associated anomalies are analysed separately, usually aided by a careful description of one or two necropsy specimens. A few pages of conclusions and a summary end the text. There is an extensive list of references, but it is by no means complete. Thus Sir Arthur Keith's work and views find no mention. Altogether there is the slight tendency to present as new what has already found wide acceptance -at least in Anglo-American circles. In contrast to the clarity and ingeniousness of the diagrams, which are most successful when illustrating the complex three-dimensional rotational changes, the text is often tryingly verbose and tortuous. Especially annoying is the inclusion of explanatory or critical comments-sometimes sounding off-hand, but sometimes bringing material of great importance to the author's argument-as sub-clauses in highly involved sentences. Those interested in the subject will find this a worthwhile and rewarding book, but one which requires a good knowledge of German. The production is good and the price reasonable. GERALD R. GRAHAM.