Publication Date

6-1-2019

Journal

The Texas Heart Institute Journal

DOI

10.14503/THIJ-18-6604

PMID

31708698

Publication Date(s)

June 2019

Language

English

PMCID

PMC6827465

PubMedCentral® Posted Date

6-1-2019

PubMedCentral® Full Text Version

Post-Print

Published Open-Access

yes

Keywords

Cardiology/history, coronary circulation/physiology, coronary sinus, heart/anatomy & histology, history, 18th century, Poland, Thebesius AC

Abstract

In 1708, Adam Christian Thebesius, a 22-year-old student at Leiden University, presented his graduate thesis, Disputatio medica inauguralis de circulo sanguinis in corde. More than a doctoral dissertation, this groundbreaking work opened new channels into the study of the human coronary venous system. Thebesius' theory about the vascular communication between the coronary arteries and the chambers of the heart helped to advance understanding of hemodynamic principles and to clarify the physiologic pathways of the coronary circulation. The following article—the third in a trilogy about Lower Silesian scientists—provides an overview of the life story and achievements of this Silesian physician and innovator, whose name was immortalized in 2 cardiac eponyms: the Thebesian veins and the Thebesian valve.

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