Category Medical Specialty
Jean Lenègre (1904-1972) 680

Jean Lenègre

Jean Lenègre (1904–1972), French cardiologist, defined Lenègre’s disease and pioneered cardiac electrophysiology, catheterization, and bundle branch pathology

Maurice Lev (1908-1994) 680

Maurice Lev

Maurice Lev (1908–1994), pathologist and teacher, defined Lev’s disease and advanced cardiac conduction and congenital heart pathology through over 500 publications

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Stokes-Adams syndrome

Stokes-Adams syndrome is an abrupt, transient loss of consciousness due to a sudden but pronounced decrease in the cardiac output

Robert Adams

Robert Adams (1791–1875), Dublin physician, first described Adams–Stokes syndrome and pioneered clinical-pathological correlation in heart disease

Rendu-Osler-Weber disease

Rendu-Osler-Weber disease

Rendu-Osler-Weber disease (aka Hereditary haemorrhagic telangiectasia (HHT)) is an autosomal dominant disorder characterised by epistaxis, cutaneous telangiectasia, and visceral arteriovenous malformations (AVMs).

Josef Thurner

Josef Thurner (b. 1927), Austrian pathologist and co-eponym of May–Thurner syndrome; led pathology in Salzburg and published widely on venous disease.

Robert May

Robert May (1912–1984), pioneer of scientific phlebology; co-described May–Thurner syndrome and the May perforating vein, advancing venous diagnostics.