Diagnosis of myocardial infarction: historical notes from the Soviet Union and the United States.
Soviet physicians attribute the first description of the clinical presentation of a nonfatal myocardial infarction to V.P. Obraztsov and N.D. Strazhesko; American physicians attribute the same achievement to James B. Herrick. Investigation of the origins of the conflicting claims reveals that the Russian physicians published an accurate account of the syndrome in 1910. Herrick, in his article published in 1912, cites a German translation of the Russian article. Herrick's major contribution consisted of informing American physicians of the symptoms of infarction, and stimulating development of the electrocardiogram as a diagnostic aid.
D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000266:history; D014586:USSR; D014481:United States