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. 2017 Apr-Jun;18(2):68-74.
doi: 10.4103/HEARTVIEWS.HEARTVIEWS_57_17.

Coronary Heart Disease: From Mummies to 21st Century

Rachel Hajar  1
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Coronary Heart Disease: From Mummies to 21st Century

Rachel Hajar. Heart Views. 2017 Apr-Jun.
No abstract available

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Medicine in ancient Egypt
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A Mughal miniature illustration of Majnoon Lila
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Graphic illustration of angina pectoris[8]
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William Heberden (1710–1801)
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Rudolph Virchow (1821–1902)
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Normal coronary angiogram
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