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914 entries match Cardiology & Blood [C14 / C15]

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1931

#3146

Treatment of “pernicious anaemia of pregnancy” and “tropical anaemia”, with special reference to yeast extract as a curative agent.

WILLS, Lucy (1888 – 1964)
WILLS, Lucy (1888 – 1964)

First observations of hemopoietic effect of folic acid.

1931

#2919.1

The roentgenographic visualization of the arteries of the extremities in peripheral vascular disease.

PEARSE, Herman Elwyn (1899 – )
WARREN, Stafford Leak (1896 – 1981)
WARREN, Stafford Leak (1896 – 1981)

1931

#2920

Les dérivés du thorium dans l’artériographie des membres.

SANTOS, Reynaldo dos (1880 – 1970) CALDAS, Jose Guilherme Mendes Pereira

Thorotrast first used in arteriography.

1931

#2990

Erfolgreiche operative Beseitigung eines Aneurysma der rechten Herzkammer.

SAUERBRUCH, Ernst Ferdinand (1875 – 1951)

First successful surgical intervention in cardiac aneurysm.

1931

#11570

The factor of infection in the rheumatic state.

COBURN, Alvin Frederick (1899 – 1975)

Coburn demonstated that streptococcus is the infective agent in rheumatic fever that can lead to rheumatic heart disease.

1932

#3147

The classification and treatment of anaemia, with special reference to the nutritional factor.

DAVIDSON, Sir Leybourne Stanley Patrick (1894 – 1981)

Davidson’s classification of the anemias.

1932

#2861

The cardiac output of man in health and disease.

GROLLMAN, Arthur (1901 – 1980)

1932

#2862

A lecture on vaso-vagal syncope and the carotid sinus mechanism.

LEWIS, Sir Thomas (1881 – 1945)
LEWIS, Sir Thomas (1881 – 1945)

Vaso-vagal syncope.

1932

#2863

The electrocardiographic diagnosis of coronary occlusion by the use of chest leads.

WOLFERTH, Charles Christian (1887 – 1965) WOOD, Francis Clark (1901 – 1990)

Introduction of chest leads.

1932

#2717

A standard stimulus for measuring vasomotor reactions: its application in the study of hypertension.

HINES, Edgar Alphonso Jr. (1905 – 1978) BROWN, George Elgie (1885 – 1935)

Cold-pressor test.

1932

#14087

Erythroblastosis fetalis and its association with universal edema of the fetus, icterus gravis neonatorum and anemia of the newborn.

DIAMOND, Louis Klein (1902 – 1999) BLACKFAN, Kenneth Daniel (1883 – 1941) BATY, James M.

The authors described and named this syndrome/illness of newborns for the first time, including pathological findings, clinical data, lab abnormalities, presentation and course of illness. Order of authorship in the o…

1933

#2028.41

Origine e vicende della trasfusione del sangue. Considerazioni storico-critche.

SIMILI, Alessandro (1901 – 1977)

1933

#1924.1

The fibrinolytic activity of hemolytic streptococci.

TILLETT, William Smith (1892 – 1974) GARNER, Raymond Loraine (1906 – )

Tillett and Garner discovered a substance elaborated by a strain of haemolytic streptococcus which promoted lysis of fibrin and is now known as streptokinase.

1933

#3206

Zur Pathogenese der Bronchiektasien. I. Mitteilung: Bronchiektasien bei Situs viscerum inversus.

KARTAGENER, Manes (1897 – 1975)

Bronchiectasis and sinus maldevelopment associated with transposition of viscera – “Kartageners syndrome”.

1933

#2899

Congestive heart failure and angina pectoris: The therapeutic effect of thyroidectomy on patients without clinical or pathologic evidence of thyroid toxicity.

BLUMGART, Hermann Ludwig (1895 – 1977)
LEVINE, Samuel Albert (1891 – 1966)
LEVINE, Samuel Albert (1891 – 1966) & et al.

Thyroidectomy for congestive heart failure and angina pectoris. With D. D. Berlin.

1933

#2718

The circulation time in various clinical conditions determined by the use of sodium dehydrocholate.

TARR, Leonard (1901 – ) & et al.

Use of decholin sodium for estimation of circulation time. With B. S. Oppenheimer and R. V. Sagar.

1933

#2921

The carotid sinus in health and disease: its rôle in the causation of fainting and convulsions.

WEISS, Soma (1898 – 1942) BAKER, James Porter (1913 – 1988)

The carotid sinus syndrome.

1933

#11668

The failing heart of middle life: The myocardiosis syndrome, coronary thrombosis, and angina pectoris with a section upon the medico-legal aspects of sudden death from heart disease.

HYMAN, Albert S. (1893 – 1972) PARSONNET, Aaron E. (1889 – 1951)

"This pioneering monograph on the pathophysiology of coronary artery disease includes a detailed discussion of the recently recognized electrocardiographic features of myocardial infarction. Hyman invented a [external…

1934

#3093

The haemostatic possibilities of snake-venom.

MACFARLANE, Robert Gwyn (1907 – 1987)
MACFARLANE, Robert Gwyn (1907 – 1987) BARNETT, Burgess (1888 – 1944)

Snake venom used in the treatment of hemophilia.

1934

#3094

Sternal puncture; preliminary note.

SALAH, M.

Needle for sternal puncture.

1934

#2864

Electrocardiograms that represent the potential variations of a single electrode.

WILSON, Frank Norman (1890 – 1952)
WILSON, Frank Norman (1890 – 1952) & et al.

Unipolar leads. With F. D. Johnston, A. G. MacLeod, and P. S. Barker.

1934

#3747

Das Beriberi-Herz.

WENCKEBACH, Karel Frederik (1864 – 1940)
WENCKEBACH, Karel Frederik (1864 – 1940)

Wenckebach wrote a classic account of the heart in beriberi.

1934

#3005

The treatment of varicose veins.

COOPER, William Morris (1894 – )

Cooper combined ligation with subsequent injection of 5 per cent sodium morrhuate in the treatment of varicose veins.

1934

#14203

The anemias.

VAUGHAN, Janet Maria (1899 – 1993)
VAUGHAN, Janet Maria (1899 – 1993)

1935

#753

Ibn an Nafis und seine Theorie des Lungenkreislaufs.

IBN-AL-NAFIS (ALA-AL-DIN ABU AL-HASSAN ALI IBN ABI-HAZM AL-QARSHI AL-DIMASHQI; علاء الدين أبو الحسن عليّ بن أبي حزم القرشي الدمشقي ) (1210 – 1288) MEYERHOF, Max (1874 – 1945)

Ibn-al-Nafis, a Syrian physician, described the lesser circulation in his commentary on the anatomy of the Canon of Avicenna, 1268. This was discovered in three Arabic MSS by Mohyi el Din el Tatawi, who included a Ger…

1935

#2022

Procedure and apparatus for preservation in “lyophile” form of serum and other biological substances.

FLOSDORF, Earl William (1904 – 1958) MUDD, Stuart (1893 – 1975)

1935

#2023

Continuous drip blood transfusion.

MARRIOTT, Hugh Leslie (1900 – 1983) KEKWICK, Alan (1909 – 1974)

Introduction of the slow-drip method of blood transfusion.

1935 –1936

#3036

The surgical treatment of hypertension.

PEET, Max Minor (1885 – 1949)

Peet operation for hypertension. Preliminary communication in Univ. Hosp. Bull. (Ann Arbor), 1935, 1,17-18.

1935

#3095

The prothrombin in hemophilia and in obstructive jaundice.

QUICK, Armand James (1894 – 1977)

Quick’s method for determination of prothrombin clotting time. See also Amer. J. med. Sci.,1935, 190,501-11.

1935

#3096

A standardized technique for the blood sedimentation test.

WINTROBE, Maxwell Myer (1901 – 1986) LANDSBERG, J. Walter (1907 – )

Wintrobe’s method for the determination of the erythrocyte sedimentation rate.

1935

#2236

A diffuse disease of the peripheral circulation (usually associated with lupus erythematosus and endocarditis).

BAEHR, George (1887 – 1978)

See No. 2237. With P. Klemperer and A. Schifrin.

1935

#3148

Achresthic anaemia.

WILKINSON, John Frederick (1897 – 1998) ISRAЁLS, Martin Cyril Gordon

Achrestic anemia described.

1935

#11608

Failure of the circulation.

HARRISON, Tinsley Randolph (1900 – 1978)

1935

#12265

The two-step test of myocardial function.

MASTER, Arthur M. (1896 – 1973)

The “Master TwoStep” exercise tolerance test for the diagnosis of heart disease. Abstract "A simple quantitative “two-step” test of myocardial function is described, and tables of climbs are given for normal individua…

1936

#911

Über spontane Hämolysinbildung im Blut, unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Physiologie der Milz.

BERGENHEIM, Bengt Ludvig (1898 – ) FÅHRAEUS, Robert (Robin) Sanno (1888 – 1968)

Lysolechtin found in normal blood.

1936

#2024

A new method of blood transfusion.

HEDENIUS, Per Johannes (1906 – 1981)

Heparin used in blood transfusion. See also the same journal, 88, 443-49.

1936

#2025

Transfusion of cadaver blood.

YUDIN, Sergei Sergeievich (1891 – 1954)
YUDIN, Sergei Sergeievich (1891 – 1954)

Cadaver blood used in human transfusions. Prof. Shamov of Kharkov carried out the first experimental work on transfusion of cadaver blood in 1927.

1936

#3037

An experimental method of providing a collateral circulation to the heart.

O’SHAUGHNESSY, Laurence Frederick (1900 – 1940)

By attaching a pedicled omental graft to the surface of the heart (cardio-omentopexy), thus providing a collateral circulation to that organ, O’Shaughnessy made an important advance in the treatment of angina and card…

1936

#3148.1

Mediterranean disease – thalassemia (erythroblastic anemia of Cooley); associated pigment abnormalities simulating hemochromatosis.

WHIPPLE, George Hoyt (1878 – 1976)
WHIPPLE, George Hoyt (1878 – 1976) BRADFORD, William Leslie (1898 – 1983)

Whipple and Bradford contributed a classic paper on the pathology of thalassemia, a name introduced by them.

1936

#2865

Atlas of congenital cardiac disease.

ABBOTT, Maude Elizabeth Seymour (1869 – 1940)
ABBOTT, Maude Elizabeth Seymour (1869 – 1940)

1936

#2865.1

Elektrographische Diagnostik der Herzmuskelerkrankungen.

SCHELLONG, Fritz (1891 – 1953)

Introduction of the vectorcardiogram.

1936

#2720

The blood cyanates in the treatment of hypertension.

BARKER, Marion Herbert (1899 – 1947)

Barker made thiocyanate treatment a practical proposition in hypertension.

1936

#14173

Dermographisme et mastocytose.

SÉZARY, Albert (1880 – 1956) LEVY-COBLENTZ, G. CHAUVILLON, P.

Sézary and colleagues first reported systemic mastocytosis.

1937

#2026

The therapy of the Cook County Hospital. Blood preservation.

FANTUS, Bernard (1874 – 1940)
FANTUS, Bernard (1874 – 1940)

Described the establishment of the first blood bank (at the Cook County Hospital).

1937

#3038

Arterectomy.

LERICHE, Henri Marie René (1879 – 1955) & et al.

Arterectomy in arterial thrombosis. With R. Fontaine and S. M. Dupertuis.

1937

#3096.1

Hemophilia. II. Some properties of a substance obtained from normal human plasma effective in accelerating the coagulation of hemophilic blood.

PATEK, Arthur Jackson Jr. (1904 – 1991) TAYLOR, Francis Henry Laskey (1900 – 1959)

Antihemophilic globulin (factor VIII).

1937

#3157

The history of angina pectoris.

ROLLESTON, Sir Humphrey Davy (1862 – 1944)

1937

#2576.5

The genetic and antigenic basis of tumour transplantation.

GORER, Peter Alfred (1907 – 1961)

Gorer made the initial discoveries which formed the basis of transplantation genetics. He studied mouse blood groups and described an antigen in erythrocytes (antigen II). His studies established the laws of transplan…

1937

#2866

Clinical roentgenology of the cardiovascular system.

ROESLER, Hugo (1899 – 1961)

1937

#3019

Heparin and the thrombosis of veins following injury.

BEST, Charles Herbert (1899 – 1978)
BEST, Charles Herbert (1899 – 1978) MURRAY, Donald Walter Gordon (1894 – 1976) & et al.

Order of authorship in the original publication: Murray, Jaques, Perrett, Best. Heparin was discovered by Jay McLean and William Henry Howell in 1916; however it was not tested as an anticoagulant in clinical trials u…