1821–2021: Contributions of physicians and researchers of Greek descent in the advancement of clinical and experimental cardiology and cardiac surgery

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

Cardiovascular Medicine

Konstantinos Drosatos¹  Dimitrios Avgerinos²  Konstantinos Charitakis³  Apostolos Gerontas⁴  Helena Maragou⁵ 

[1] ARISTEiA-Institute for the Advancement of Research and Education in Arts, Sciences and Technology, McLean, VA, United States;Metabolic Biology Laboratory, Cardiovascular Center, Department of Pharmacology and Systems Physiology, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, United States;Department of Cardiac Surgery, Onassis Cardiac Surgery Center, Athens, Greece;ARISTEiA-Institute for the Advancement of Research and Education in Arts, Sciences and Technology, McLean, VA, United States;Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Cardiology, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, TX, United States;School of Applied Natural Sciences, Coburg University, Coburg, Germany;School of Liberal Arts and Sciences, The American College of Greece, Athens, Greece;School of Liberal Arts and Sciences, The American College of Greece, Athens, Greece;

关键词: Greece;    cardiology;    cardiac surgery;    cardiovascular research;    pioneers;    experimental cardiology;    physicians;    researchers;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fcvm.2023.1231762

 received in 2023-05-30, accepted in 2023-07-24,  发布年份 2023

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

While the role of Greeks in the development of early western medicine is well-known and appreciated, the contributions of modern Greek medical practitioners are less known and often overlooked. On the occasion of the 200-year anniversary of the Greek War of Independence, this review article sheds light onto the achievements of modern scientists of Greek descent in the development of cardiology, cardiac surgery, and cardiovascular research, through a short history of the development of these fields and of the related institutions in Greece. In the last decades, the Greek cardiology and Cardiac Surgery communities have been active inside and outside Greece and have a remarkable presence internationally, particularly in the United States. This article highlights the ways in which Greek cardiology and cardiovascular research has been enriched by absorbing knowledge produced in international medical centers, academic institutes and pharmaceutical industries in which generations of Greek doctors and researchers trained prior to their return to the homeland; it also highlights the achievements of medical practitioners and researchers of Greek descent who excelled abroad, producing ground-breaking work that has left a permanent imprint on global medicine.

【 授权许可】

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© 2023 Gerontas, Avgerinos, Charitakis, Maragou and Drosatos.