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Type: | Journal article |
Title: | A case of sudden death in Decameron IV.6: aortic dissection or atrial myxoma? |
Author: | Toscano, F. Spani, G. Papio, M. Rühli, F. Galassi, F. |
Citation: | Circulation Research, 2016; 119(2):187-189 |
Publisher: | Lippincott Williams & Wilkins |
Issue Date: | 2016 |
ISSN: | 0009-7330 1524-4571 |
Statement of Responsibility: | Fabrizio Toscano, Giovanni Spani, Michael Papio, Frank J. Rühli, Francesco M. Galassi |
Abstract: | Giovanni Boccaccio's Decameron contains a novella that details the sudden death of a young man called Gabriotto, including a portrayal of the discomfort that the protagonist experienced and a rudimentary autopsy performed by local physicians. The intriguing description of symptoms and pathologies has made it possible to read a 7-century-old case through the modern clinical lens. Thanks to the medical and philological analysis of the text-despite the vast difference between modern and medieval medicine-2 hypothetical diagnoses have emerged: either an aortic dissection or an atrial myxoma. |
Keywords: | Aneurysm, Dissecting |
Rights: | © 2016 American Heart Association, Inc. |
DOI: | 10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.116.309113 |
Appears in Collections: | Aurora harvest 4 Medicine publications |
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