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Ebstein's anomaly of the tricuspid valve historical perspective
Introduction
Overview
Overview
Ebstein anomaly was named after Wilhelm Ebstein, who in 1866 first described it the heart of a 19 year old patient Joseph Prescher.
Historical perspective
Historical perspective
- In the year 1866, Dr. Ebstein published his first case report named, “A very rare case of tricuspid regurgitation caused by a congenital defect“.[1][2][3]
- Later in year 1867, Hermann Lebert, a professor of medicine in Breslau, was probably the first to catalogue Ebstein’s seminal publication.
- It is only after 1927 that the term โEbstein’s diseaseโ appeared in the medical literature.
- Soloff and his colleagues in the yaer 1951 reported the case of ebstein anomaly in a patient using cardiac catheterization and angiocardiography.
References
References
- โ Mazurak M, Kusa J (June 2017). “The Two Anomalies of Wilhelm Ebstein”. Tex Heart Inst J. 44 (3): 198โ201. doi:10.14503/THIJ-16-6063. PMCย 5505398. PMIDย 28761400.
- โ van Son JA, Konstantinov IE, Zimmermann V (November 2001). “Wilhelm Ebstein and Ebstein’s malformation”. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 20 (5): 1082โ5. doi:10.1016/s1010-7940(01)00913-7. PMIDย 11675224.
- โ Robicsek F (June 2013). “Wilhelm Ebstein and the history of surgery for Ebstein’s Disease”. Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 61 (4): 286โ92. doi:10.1055/s-0032-1304540. PMIDย 22535676.
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