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René Favaloro

René Favaloro: Heart surgery pioneer celebrated in Google doodle

12 July 2019

Argentinian surgeon René Favaloro pioneered heart bypass surgery in the 1960s, extending the lives of millions who develop coronary artery blockages

How Willem Einthoven gave doctors a window on the heart

How Willem Einthoven gave doctors a window on the heart

20 May 2019

Dutch physiologist Willem Einthoven invented the electrocardiogram (ECG), a way to record the heart’s electrical activity with electrodes on the skin

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