Abstract
I read with interest the recent article on Hippocrates in connection with his description of sudden cardiac death [ [1] Mirchandani S Phoon C.K.L Sudden cardiac death: a 2400-year-old diagnosis?. Int. J. Cardiol. 2003; 90: 41-48 Abstract Full Text Full Text PDF PubMed Scopus (18) Google Scholar ]. According to Katz and Katz [ [2] Katz A.M Katz P.B Diseases of the heart in the works of Hippocrates. Br. Heart J. 1962; 24: 257-264 Crossref PubMed Google Scholar ], Hippocrates was probably referring to Adams–Stokes syndrome, “although Hippocrates would not have noted the slow pulse if, indeed, he was referring to cases with complete heart block” [ [2] Katz A.M Katz P.B Diseases of the heart in the works of Hippocrates. Br. Heart J. 1962; 24: 257-264 Crossref PubMed Google Scholar ].
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