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GRANTS-IN-AID
Applications for American Heart Associ-
.ation Research Grants-in-Aid to qualifying
institutions, including grants to basic science
studies not directly related to the cardiovascular
field,.should be filed before the deadline,
December 1, 1951. Information and
forms may be obtained from the Medical
Director.
SCIENTIFIC COUNCIL
COMM ITTEE
Dr. How ard B. Sprague, Chairman of the
Association's S(ientific Council, has appointed
a Committee uinder the Chairmanship of Dr.
Robert W. Wilkins of Boston to recommend a
plan of reorganization for the Council, including
procedures for membership in line with the
new membership policy. The organizational
changes will enable physician members to participate
actively in the work of various sections
of the council. The Committee's report will be
presented at the next annual meeting of the
Scientific Council in April, 1952.
ANNUAL MEETING
RESERVATIONS
All those planning to atteiid the Association's
Annual Meeting anid Scientific Sessions
at the Hotel Statler, Cleveland, April 18-20,
1952, should make room reservations with the
Housing Bureau, M\1r. 1Iartin C. Dwyer, 511
Terminal Bldg., Clevelanid, at the earliest possible
date.
PROGRAM COMMITTEE
The full Program Committee for the Annual
Scientific Sessions of the Association, to be held
in Cleveland April 18 and 19, 1952, is as follows:
Irvine H. Page, M.i.D., Chairman, Cleveland;
Edgar V. Allen, M.D., Rochester, Minn.;
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Benjamin B3aker, .Jr., M.I)., Baltimore; Paul
B. Beeson, M.D)., Atlanta; RZobert A. B1uce,
MA)., Seattle; Albert I)orfman, M.D., Chi-
(ago; Thomas J. Dry, M.)., Rochester, Mmii.;
G1. LymanIDuff, M.D., \Montreal; F. Lowell
1)unin, M)., Omaha; .J. Russell Elkinton,
M.D., Philadelphia; Thomas Findley, .r.,
M.)., New Orleans; Arthur .1. Geiger, M\I.D.,
New Haven; John WV. Gofman, M.)., Berkeley,
Calif.; D)wight E. Harken, 'M.D., Boston;
Howard E. Heyer, M.D., I)allas; Charles E.
Kossman, M.D., New York; Louis B. LaPlace,
M.D., Philadelphia; Victor Lorber, -M.D.,
Cleveland; Helen E. Mlartin, M.D., So. Pasadena,
Calif.; Arthur J. M~errill, M.D., Atlanta;
W. F. H. M. Mommaerts, M.D., Durham:
Alan Moritz, M.D., Cleveland; George A.
Porter,
Perera, M.D., New York; Reno II.
M.D., Richmond, Va.; Lowell A. Rantz, -M.D.,
San Francisco; Francis F. Rosenbaum, M\.D.,
Milwaukee; Francis F. Schwventker, 1M.D., Baltimore;
James A. Shannon, M.D., Bethesda,
Md.; Jeremiah Stamler, MI)., Chicago; Frederick
.J. Stare, M.D., Boston; Helen B. Taussig,
M.D., Baltimore; George E. Wakerlin, M.D.,
Chicago; James V. Warren, iM\.., Atlanta;
Carl .J. Wiggers, i\I.D., Cleveland.
Those wishing to present papers are reminded
that an abstract, in triplicate, not exceeding
300 words, should be sent before Janiuary
1, to Dr. Irvine H. Page, Cleveland Clinic,
2020 E. 93 Street, Cleveland 6, Ohio.
SECTION ON CIRCULATION
Hugh -Montgomery, M1.D., Philadelphia, has
been (hosen Chairmaii of the Section on Circulation
of the Association's Scientific Council.
Nelson Barker, 1\I .D., Rochester, Minn., was
named Vice-Chairman and Grace M. Roth,
I.MD., also of Rochester was named Secretary-
Treasurer.
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"RECOMMENDATIONS FOR
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The Association's "Recommendations for
Human Blood Pressure Determinations by
Sphygmomanometers," printed simultaneously
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the October 13 issue of the Journal of the
American Medical Association will be available
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HEART BULLETIN
SUBSCRIPTIONS
Plans have recently been announced for
sponsorship of subscriptions oni a statewide basis
to the projected bimonthly "Heart Bulle-
AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION
tin," which is scheduled for publication starting
early next year.
The price per annual subscription will be
S1.56 including postage, when purchased by a
local or state agency an affiliated Heart Association,
State Medical Society, or State Health
Department for most of the physicians in a
state.
The "Heart Bulletin" will be published by
the Medical Arts Publishing Foundation, a
nonprofit public service institution in Houston,
Texas. The magazine will be designed for physicians
in general practice to stimulate their
interest in cardiovascular-renal diseases. It will
not duplicate any other publication of the AHA.
An Advisory Board composed of specialists in
the field will be selected in consultation with
the American Heart Association and the IT. S.
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Surgical Management of
VASCULAR DISEASES
An Outline of the Surgical Management of Vascular Lesions
and Diseases. For Surgeons, Physicians and Students
By GERALD H. PRATT, M.D., F.A.C.S.
Associate Clinical Professor of Surgery, New York University, Chief of the Vascular Clinic and Associate
Attending Surgeon, Saint Vincent's Hospital; Attending Surgeon, St. Clair Hospital, New York;
Diplomate of American Board of Surgery; Commander, Medical Corps, United States
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Foreword by W. Wayne Babcock, M.D., Temple University, Philadelphia
IN NO field of medical endeavor have there been such remarkable advances as
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CONTENTS
HEART DISEASE CASE FINDING BY MEANS OF 70 MILLIMETER PHOTOFLUORO-
GRAPHIC FILMS. GROUP I.
David D. Rutstein, Charles R. Williamson and Felix E. AMoore 641
GROUP II.. Charles R. Williamson, Felix E. Moore, and David D. Rutstein 632
SCREENING TESTS IN MASS SURVEYS AND THEIR USE IN HEART DISEASE CASE
FINDING .............................. David D. Ruistein 659
BLOOD LIPIDS AND HUMAN ATHEROSCLEROSIS. II. THE INFLUENCE OF HEPARIN
UPON LIPOPROTEIN METABOLISM .Dean M1. Graham, Thomas P. Lyon,
John TV. Gofman, Hardin B. Jones, Alexander Yankley, John Simonton and
Sidney White 666
EFFECT OF SMALL DOSES OF HEPARIN IN INCREASING THE TRANSLUCENCE OF
PLASMA DURING ALIMENTARY LIPEMIA ........ William J. Block, Nelson WV.
Barker and Frank D. MIann (674
rilE DISTRIBUTION OF BODY FLUIDS IN CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE. I. THEO-
RETIC CONSIDERATIONS ................ J. R. Elkinton and R. D. Squires 679
II. ABNORMALITIES IN SERUM ELECTROLYTE CONCENTRATION AND IN ACID-
BASE EQUILIBRIUM....R. D. Squires, R. B. Singer, G. R. MIoffitt, Jr. and J. R.
Elkinton 697
REGIONAL VASOMOTOR TONE IN NIORMOTENSIVE AND HYPERTENSIVE DOGS
Arnold H. Williams and Henry A. Schroeder 70(
PHYSIOLOGIC AND PHYSICAL FACTORS THAT GOVERN THE CLINICAL APPRECIATION
OF CARDIAC THRILLS
Timothy P. Counihan, Maurice B. Rappaport and Howard B. Sprague 716
THE ACTION OF SEVERAL CARDIAC GLYCOSIDES ON CONDUCTION VELOCITY AND
VENTRICULAR EXCITABILITY IN THE DOG HEART
Gordon K. Moe and Rafael ~e'ndez 729
THE DYE DILUTION METHOD FOR DESCRIBING THE CENTRAL CIRCULATION. AN
ANALYSIS OF FACTORS SHAPING THE TIME-CONCENTRATION CURVES.
Elliott V. Newman, Margaret Merrell, Abraham Genecin, Carlos Monge,
William R. Mlfilnor and William P. McKeever 735
EXPERIMENTAL ARTERIAL DISEASE. I. THE REACTION OF THE PULMONARY ARTERY
TO MINUTE EMBOLI OF BLOOD CLOT
William B. Wartman, Robert B. Jennings and Bryan Hudson 747
II. THE REACTION OF THE PULMONARY ARTERY TO EMBOLI OF FILTER PAPER
FIBERS ... WIilliam B. Wartman, Bryan Hudson and Robert B. Jennings 756
CLINICAL PROGRESS: THE MANAGEMENT OF ACUTE CARDIAC EMERGENCIES
Clarence E. de la Chapelle and 0. Alan Rose 764
ABSTRACTS ...................................... ...... 775
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