Category Cardiology
Ernst Ludwig Heim (1747 - 1834) 340

Ernst Ludwig Heim

Ernst Ludwig Heim (1747 - 1834) was a German physician and naturalist. Heim-Kreysig sign (1816) adherent pericarditis

Richard Lower (1631 – 1691) 340

Richard Lower

Richard Lower (1631 - 1691) was an English physiologist. Early descriptions of cardiac tamponade, pericarditis, blood transfusion, xenotransfusion

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Paul Dudley White (1886 - 1973) 340

Paul White

Paul Dudley White (1886-1973) was an American cardiologist. White with Louis Wolff and John Parkinson (WPW syndrome 1930); McGinn-White pattern (1935)

Sir-John-Parkinson-1885-–-1976-340

John Parkinson

Sir John Parkinson (1885-1976) was an English cardiologist. In 1930, Parkinson along with Louis Wolff and Paul Dudley White, described WPW Syndrome

Louis-Wolff-1898-1972-340

Louis Wolff

Louis Wolff (1898-1972) was an American cardiologist. Eponymously affiliated with the Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome (WPW) described in 1930