title: [The first report of "senile" amyloidosis of the heart--I. Soyka, 1876, Prague].
abstract: Isidor Soyka (1850--1889) described, as first, in 1876 in a Prague medical journal the lesion, which is nowadays termed, "senile cardiac amyloid". Information regarding both the original paper and the author is presented.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000686:Amyloidosis / Q000266:history*; D009202:Cardiomyopathies / Q000266:history*; D003604:Czechoslovakia; D049672:History, 19th Century; D006801:Humans; D010506:Periodicals as Topic / Q000266:history
vernacular_title: První popis "senilního" amyloidu srdce--I. Soyka, 1876, Praha.