Open AccessA story of heartache: the understanding of angina pectoris in the pre-surgical period
Author(s) -
A. W. Beasley
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
journal of the royal college of physicians of edinburgh/the journal of the royal college of physicians of edinburgh
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.275
H-Index - 26
eISSN - 2042-8189
pISSN - 1478-2715
DOI - 10.4997/jrcpe.2011.416
Subject(s) - angina , incidence (geometry) , period (music) , dimension (graph theory) , medicine , history , cardiology , aesthetics , art , myocardial infarction , physics , mathematics , pure mathematics , optics
This paper traces the understanding of angina pectoris over two centuries from its first description by William Heberden, emphasising the Scottish dimension in this process. Such a retrospect is appropriate at a time when natural disasters in several parts of the world are drawing attention to their effect in increasing the incidence of heart attacks.