J. S. Forrester

"l (• I J r Preface Thrombolytic therapy has ushered in a new era in the management of myocardial infarction, but it is both the culminadon of many years of research and a stimulus to fresh approaches. New applications of old approaches, such as morbid anatomy, new diagnostic techniques,...

If, as has been suggested, critical care medicine is rapidly becoming the new frontier in the field of health care, cardiologists deserve much of the credit. The design concept of coronary care units, the development of new monitoring tools and the formulation of specific treatment strategies...