The endlessness evolution of medicine, continuous increase in life expectancy and constant role of the physician

Konstantinos Dean Boudoulas, MD; Filippos Triposkiadis, MD; Christodoulos Stefanadis, MD; Harisios Boudoulas, MD, Dr., Dr. Hon

doi:10.1016/j.hjc.2017.05.001

Hellenic Journal of Cardiology (Sep 2017)

The endlessness evolution of medicine, continuous increase in life expectancy and constant role of the physician

Konstantinos Dean Boudoulas, MD,
Filippos Triposkiadis, MD,
Christodoulos Stefanadis, MD,
Harisios Boudoulas, MD, Dr., Dr. Hon

Affiliations

Konstantinos Dean Boudoulas, MD: Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Section Head of Interventional Cardiology, Director of Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA
Filippos Triposkiadis, MD: Department of Cardiology, Larissa University Hospital, Larissa, Greece
Christodoulos Stefanadis, MD: Medical School University of Athens, Greece
Harisios Boudoulas, MD, Dr., Dr. Hon: The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hjc.2017.05.001
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 58, no. 5
pp. 322 – 330

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In this review, the endlessness evolution of medical science and medical technology, and its effects on disease metamorphosis and increased life expectancy are discussed. In certain instances, the past will be compared with the present and predictions for the future will be outlined. Further, the constant role of the physician in maintaining the health of human beings is emphasized in this endlessness evolution.

Published in Hellenic Journal of Cardiology

ISSN: 1109-9666 (Print)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: Greece
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Specialties of internal medicine: Diseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) system
Website: http://www.journals.elsevier.com/hellenic-journal-of-cardiology

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