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Milestones in Understanding Pulmonary Circulation: From Antiquity to Heart-Lung Machine
1Department of Pulmonary Circulation, Thromboembolic Diseases and Cardiology, Center for Postgraduate Medical Education, ECZ-Otwock, 05-400 Otwock, Poland.
Abstract:
Human pulmonary circulation is as full of mysteries and surprises as is the history of attempts to uncover and understand them. The Special Issue of Diagnostics, appearing after 2020 immobilized the world, give us an opportunity, space and momentum to remind to our medical community at least the main milestones which mark the progress that was made before our times. This review's aim is to remind about pioneers and their ideas which now are considered as if they were always with us-which is not the case….
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