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* | *Probably the first time [[atrial fibrillation]] was described was between 1696 and 2598 BC by a Chinese [[physician]] named Huang Ti who delineated it as a [[disease]] with irregular [[pulses]] and tremulous beats.<ref name="pmid7496293">{{cite journal| author=Lip GY, Beevers DG| title=ABC of atrial fibrillation. History, epidemiology, and importance of atrial fibrillation. | journal=BMJ | year= 1995 | volume= 311 | issue= 7016 | pages= 1361-3 | pmid=7496293 | doi=10.1136/bmj.311.7016.1361 | pmc=2551280 | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=7496293 }} </ref> | ||
*William Harvey was the first one who found out [[atrium]] as the origin of the abnormal [[pulse]] in 1628.<ref name="pmid7741373">{{cite journal| author=Flegel KM| title=From delirium cordis to atrial fibrillation: historical development of a disease concept. | journal=Ann Intern Med | year= 1995 | volume= 122 | issue= 11 | pages= 867-73 | pmid=7741373 | doi=10.7326/0003-4819-122-11-199506010-00010 | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=7741373 }} </ref> | |||
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===Landmark Events in the Development of Treatment Strategies=== | ===Landmark Events in the Development of Treatment Strategies=== | ||
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Anahita Deylamsalehi, M.D.[2]
Overview
Historical Perspective
Discovery
- Probably the first time atrial fibrillation was described was between 1696 and 2598 BC by a Chinese physician named Huang Ti who delineated it as a disease with irregular pulses and tremulous beats.[1]
- William Harvey was the first one who found out atrium as the origin of the abnormal pulse in 1628.[2]
Landmark Events in the Development of Treatment Strategies
Impact on Cultural History
Famous Cases
The following are a few famous cases of [disease name]:
References
- ↑ Lip GY, Beevers DG (1995). "ABC of atrial fibrillation. History, epidemiology, and importance of atrial fibrillation". BMJ. 311 (7016): 1361–3. doi:10.1136/bmj.311.7016.1361. PMC 2551280. PMID 7496293.
- ↑ Flegel KM (1995). "From delirium cordis to atrial fibrillation: historical development of a disease concept". Ann Intern Med. 122 (11): 867–73. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-122-11-199506010-00010. PMID 7741373.