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[On the formation of cardiology in the USSR: who should be called its founders?]
V I Borodulin1, E N Banzelyuk2, A V Topolyanskiy3
1Semashko National Research Institute of Public Health.
Insights
This study identifies the key founders of Soviet cardiology, highlighting their contributions to the field
Area of Science:
- Cardiology
- Internal Medicine
Background:
- Specialized clinical areas emerged from internal medicine in the 20th century.
- Cardiology was one of the earliest specialized fields.
Observation:
- The founders of Russian cardiology have not been explicitly identified in existing literature.
Findings:
- D.D. Pletnev, G.F. Lang, N.D. Strazhesco, V.F. Zelenin, A.L. Myasnikov, and E.I. Chazov are identified as the founders of cardiology in the USSR.
Implications:
- This research clarifies the historical lineage of Soviet cardiology.
- Establishes a definitive list of pioneering figures in the field.
Abstract:
During the XX century, specialized clinical areas gradually emerged from the general body of internal medicine, among which cardiology became one of the first. The literature has not yet explicitly considered the question of who should be considered the founders of Russian cardiology. Our data suggest that D.D. Pletnev, G.F. Lang, N.D. Strazhesco, V.F. Zelenin, A.L. Myasnikov and E.I. Chazov exhaust the nominal composition of the founders of cardiology in the USSR.
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