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Tex Heart Inst J. 2002;29(4):344.

Cardiology's 10 greatest discoveries of the 20th century.

Mehta NJ, Khan IA.

We present a brief summary of the 10 greatest cardiologic developments and discoveries of the 20th century Described are electrocardiography; preventive cardiology and the Framingham Study; "lipid hypotheses" and atherosclerosis; coronary care units; echocardiography; thrombolytic therapy; cardiac catheterization and coronary angiography; open-heart surgery; automatic implantable cardiac defibrillators; and coronary angioplasty. These topics are the personal choices of the authors.

PMID: 12224718 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

PMCID: PMC124754