Abstract
Get full access to this article
View all access options for this article.
References
1.
Dawson
B.
The History of Medicine—A short synopsis . London : HK Lewis , 1931 ; 1 –21 .
2.
Willius
FA
Dry
TJ
. The heart and the circulation . Philadelphia : WB Saunders , 1948 .
3.
Jarch
S.
The concept of heart failure. From Avicenna to Albertin . Cambridge : Harvard University Press
1980 , 1 –16 .
4.
Lutz
JE
. An XU century description of congestive heart failure . Am J Cardiol
1988 ; 61 : 494 –495 .
5.
Harvey
W
De Motu Cordis . Oxford : Blackwell Scientific Publications , 1957 .
6.
Malpighi
M.
Epistle H: About the lungs . In:
Willius
FA
Keys
TA
(eds). Classics of Cardiology . London : Constable and Co . 1941 ; 92 –97 .
7.
East
T.
The story of heart disease . London : W Dawson & Sons , 1958 ; 127 –145 .
8.
Withering
W.
An account of the foxglove . In:
Willius
FA
Keys
TA
(eds). Classics of Cardiology , London : Constable & Co , 1941 ; 232 –252 .
9.
Baldry
PE
. The battle against heart disease . London : Cambridge University Press , 1971 ; 152 –156 .
10.
Cohn
JN
. Inotropic therapy for heart failure: paradise postponed . N Eng J Med
1989 ; 320 : 729 –731 .
11.
Smith
W. McFate
Epidemiology of congestive heart failure . Am J Cardiol
1985 ; 55 : 3A –8A .
12.
Wood
P.
Diseases of the heart and circulation . London : Eyre & Spottiswoode , 1968 .
13.
Cohn
JN
Archibald
DG
Ziesche
S
Effect of vasodilator therapy on mortality in chronic congestive heart failure . N Eng J Med
1986 ; 314 : 1547 –1552 .
14.The concensus Trial Study Group . Effects of enalapril on mortality in severe congestive heart failure . N Eng J Med
1987 ; 316 : 1429 –1435 .