Second-degree Atrioventricular block
Eponymythology of Second-degree Atrioventricular (AV) block including Luciani, Galabin, Wenckebach, Hay and Mobitz
Category Cardiology
Sunao Tawara
Sunao Tawara 田原 淳, (1873 - 1952) was a Japanese pathologist. Aschoff-Tawara node (1906)
Louis Hamman
Louis Virgil Hamman (1877-1946) was an American physician. Credited for Hamman-Rich syndrome, Hamman Syndrome and Hamman sign.
Catherine Neill
Catherine Annie Neill (1921 - 2006) was an English pediatric cardiologist. Neill-Dingwall syndrome (1950); Scimatar syndrome (1960)
Thomas Spens
Thomas Spens (1763-1842) was a Scottish physician. One of the first to provide a written report on what is now termed Stokes-Adams syndrome or cardiovascular syncope
Marcus Gerbezius
Marcus Gerbezius (1658-1718) was a Slovenian physician. Provided first description of Stokes-Adams syndrome in 1717
James Mackenzie
Sir James Mackenzie (1853-1925) was a Scottish cardiologist and General Practitioner. Mackenzie was a pioneer in the study of cardiac arrhythmias known as the father of British cardiology
Franz Zehetmayer
Franz Zehetmayer (1813 - *1846) was an Austrian physician. Pericarditis, pericardial effusion and the genu-pectorale position
Francis Sibson
Biography Born 21 May 1814 in Cross Canonby, England Died 7 September 1876 Medical Eponyms Key Medical Attributions Major Publications Sibson F. On the changes induced in the situation and structure of the internal organs, under varying circumstances of health…
François Dessertenne
Biography Born in 1917 1948 – Assistant Professor of Medicine, Hôpital Lariboisière, France. Assistant to Prof Yves Bouvrain (1910-2002) Died in 2006 Medical Eponyms Torsades de pointes (1966) 1965 – Dessertenne et al demonstrated that the progressive variations of amplitude…
Thomas N. James
Biography Born Died Medical Eponyms Key Medical Contributions Major Publications Controversies References Biography Eponymous terms
Wilhelm Ebstein
Wilhelm Ebstein (1836 - 1912) was a Polish-German physician.