Sunao Tawara's work on the excitation conduction system of the mammalian heart paved the way for the advancement of modern cardiology in the 20th century. This is an English translation of his account of the conduction system from the atrioventricular node through the His-Purkinje system to the ordinary ventricular muscle fibres.
Author(s): S. Tawara, Kozo Suma, Munehiro Shimada
Edition: 1
Year: 1998
Language: English
Pages: 229
Preface......Page 10
Translators’ Note......Page 14
Foreword......Page 20
Introduction......Page 25
A. History......Page 27
(a) Dog heart......Page 32
(b) Human heart......Page 59
(c) Cat heart......Page 94
(d) Sheep heart......Page 102
(e) Calf heart......Page 123
(a) Sheep heart......Page 139
(b) Dog heart......Page 159
(c) Human heart......Page 175
(f) Guinea pig heart......Page 183
(g) Pigeon heart......Page 184
I. Development of the Theories on Purkinje Fibers......Page 185
II. Author’s Hypothesis Concerning the Physiological Function of the Atrioventricular Connecting System......Page 206
D. Summary of the Results......Page 213
E. Instructions Regarding the Method of Cutting the Atrioventricular Bundle in Animal Experiments......Page 215
Plates......Page 218
References......Page 235
Name Index......Page 239
Subject Index......Page 241
