A tribute to Eugene Braunwald (1929–2026)
Douglas E. Vaughan · 2026
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Douglas E Vaughan writes a 2026 tribute to Eugene Braunwald, whom he calls the most influential cardiologist of the modern era. Braunwald was born in Vienna in 1929 and escaped Nazi Austria with his family in 1938, settling in New York. He trained at New York University and Johns Hopkins, then joined the National Heart Institute in 1955.
The tribute traces landmark work that defined thickened-heart disease, now called hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, as a distinct condition. It also covers his 1968 survival curve for aortic stenosis, which set when valve surgery should begin, and his 1971 finding that heart attack damage can be limited. That idea, that time costs heart muscle, underlies modern heart attack care.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Douglas E. Vaughan |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 11285 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |