On the formation of cardiology in the USSR: who should be called its founders?

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.

Keywords

• history of medicine
• cardiology
• the founders
• d.d. pletnev
• g.f. lang
• n.d. strazhesco
• v.f. zelenin
• a.l. myasnikov
• e.i. chazov