title: Irish contributions to our understanding of heart disease.
abstract: Ireland has made an amazing contribution to our understanding of heart disease. From Robert Graves in 1796 to Jeremy Swan and Denis Burkitt in the 1990s the names of many Irishmen have become familiar to all of us.
authors.affiliation: Epworth Hospital, Melbourne, Australia.
authors.forename: Laurence
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Simpson