Origin Its scientific basis dates to William Harveys 1628 account of the circulation of the blood, with cardiology emerging as a distinct clinical specialty in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
Cardiology is the branch of medicine concerned with the heart and the circulatory system, its disorders and their diagnosis and treatment. Its scientific foundation is usually traced to William Harveys 1628 demonstration of the circulation of the blood, with the specialty itself professionalizing in the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries alongside instruments such as the electrocardiograph. This atlas records what the historical record supports and is not medical advice.
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Origin PeriodIts scientific basis dates to William Harveys 1628 account of the circulation of the blood, with cardiology emerging as a distinct clinical specialty in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. 2 Classification
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Whose work is the scientific foundation of cardiology usually traced to?
William Harvey, in 1628.
The scientific foundation of cardiology is usually traced to William Harvey's 1628 demonstration of the circulation of the blood.
When did cardiology become a professional specialty?
In the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
Cardiology professionalized in the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries, alongside instruments such as the electrocardiograph.
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Notable Specialists
Source Albert Fraenkel (Wikipedia)
Source Andreas Gruentzig (Wikipedia)
Source Sir Byrom Bramwell (Munk's Roll)
Source Fred Bowerbank (Wikipedia)
Source Friedrich Ludwig Kreysig (Wikipedia)
Source Haim Reitan (Wikipedia)
Helen B. Taussig is regarded as the founder of pediatric cardiology, co-developing the Blalock-Taussig shunt.
Ibn al-Nafis described pulmonary circulation, refuting Galen's account of the heart.
Source Ottomar Rosenbach (source article)
Source Pim van Lommel (Wikipedia)
Source Raymond Vieussens (Wikipedia)
Source Theodor von Dusch (Wikipedia)
Werner Forssmann performed the first human cardiac catheterization, sharing the 1956 Nobel Prize for the work.
Source Wilhelm His Jr. (Wikipedia)
Source Willem Einthoven (Wikipedia)
William Withering discovered digitalis (foxglove) as a treatment for heart failure.
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1. Wikipedia: Medical specialty
WikipediaClassification tableQuote, Classification table
Medical specialties that focus on the diagnosis and non-surgical treatment of disease.
2. The Greatest Benefit to Mankind: A Medical History of Humanity
Roy Porter, W. W. Norton and Company, 1997- Origin Period: Its scientific basis dates to William Harveys 1628 account of the circulation of the blood, with cardiology emerging as a distinct clinical specialty in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
3. William Harvey and the discovery of the circulation of the blood
CommentaryQuote, Commentary
published in Latin at Frankfurt in 1628
Encyclopaedia Britannica
Willem Einthoven (Wikipedia)
Ottomar Rosenbach (source article)
Notable Specialists: Ottomar Rosenbach, NDB Biographie [specialist-in]Quote, Notable Specialists: Ottomar Rosenbach, NDB Biographie [specialist-in]
Ausgehend von physiologischen und pathologischen Studien der Herzerkrankungen
Albert Fraenkel (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Albert Fraenkel, Lead sentence [specialist-in]Quote, Notable Specialists: Albert Fraenkel, Lead sentence [specialist-in]
championed intravenous ouabain for use in heart failure
Andreas Gruentzig (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Andreas Gruentzig, Lead and biographyQuote, Notable Specialists: Andreas Gruentzig, Lead and biography
was a German American radiologist and cardiologist
Friedrich Ludwig Kreysig (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Friedrich Ludwig Kreysig, Article text, work and postsQuote, Notable Specialists: Friedrich Ludwig Kreysig, Article text, work and posts
Kreysig is largely known for his work with cardiological diseases.
Sir Byrom Bramwell (Munk's Roll)
Notable Specialists: Byrom Bramwell, Munk's Roll biography, career paragraphs [specialist-in 2]Quote, Notable Specialists: Byrom Bramwell, Munk's Roll biography, career paragraphs [specialist-in 2]
he made his scientific reputation chiefly in the fields of neurology, diseases of the heart and blood, and disorders of the endocrine organs
Pim van Lommel (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Pim van Lommel, Lead sentenceQuote, Notable Specialists: Pim van Lommel, Lead sentence
Pim van Lommel (born 15 March 1943) is a Dutch cardiologist
Theodor von Dusch (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Theodor von Dusch, Lead [specialist-in]Quote, Notable Specialists: Theodor von Dusch, Lead [specialist-in]
heart disease ("Lehrbuch der Herzkrankheiten")
Fred Bowerbank (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Fred Bowerbank, LifeQuote, Notable Specialists: Fred Bowerbank, Life
For most of his professional life, Bowerbank was consulting cardiologist to the Wellington Hospital, New Zealand.
Wilhelm His Jr. (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Wilhelm His Jr., Introduction, first sentence [specialist-in]Quote, Notable Specialists: Wilhelm His Jr., Introduction, first sentence [specialist-in]
cardiologist
Haim Reitan (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Haim Reitan, Medical careerQuote, Notable Specialists: Haim Reitan, Medical career
He was firstly employed as cardiology specialist at the hospital of Bergamo
Raymond Vieussens (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Raymond Vieussens, Lead and BiographyQuote, Notable Specialists: Raymond Vieussens, Lead and Biography
Vieussens is remembered for his pioneer work in the field of cardiology, and his anatomical studies of the brain and spinal cord.
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