Endomyocardial Fibrosis

Based on the proceedings of an international symposium on the subject, held in December 1991 at Trivandrum, India, this volume contains essays which describe the contributors' experience with this disease. They offer various hypotheses as to its aetiology.

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This, the first ever book on Endomyocardial Fibrosis (EMF), is based on the proceedings of an International Symposium on the disease. It traces the history of the disease from its discovery in the late 1940s to its gradual, global recognition as a unique entity. Contributors, many of them pioneers in this field, discuss their experiences, offer hypotheses on the aetiology of the disease and present autopsy and biopsy findings. The investigative, diagnostic and surgical treatmentaspects of the disease are also detailed. The final part of the book is devoted to experimental studies, in an attempt to establish the obscure aetiology and find effective means of preventing EMF. This account of the surgical and medical aspects of EMF provides an authoritative and fullycomprehensive guide to the subject for every cardiologist and cardio-thoracic surgeon.