A one-man history of cardiac advances

"An 84-year-old New Jersey man is a living illustration of the progress that's been made in the diagnosis and treatment of heart disease in the past 40 years, a cardiologist reports. 'This single patient has embodied practically every major advance in cardiology over the past two generations,' said Dr. Harvey S. Hecht, director of cardiovascular computed tomographic angiography at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York City, whose account is published in the Oct. 21 issue of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology" - Washington Post