Myron Prinzmetal
Myron Prinzmetal (born February 8, 1908 in Buffalo , † January 8, 1987 in Paris ) was an American cardiologist and the son of Ukrainian emigrants.
Prinzmetal received his medical degree from the University of California in 1933 . During his further training in the following two years in San Francisco and St. Louis , he was able to publish a considerable number of medical articles. In 1935 he received a research fellowship at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York, during which further scientific publications followed. From 1936 Prinzmetal received a scholarship from the American College of Physicians at University College London and returned to the USA a year later. There he worked in a laboratory at Cedars of Lebanon (today: Cedars-Sinai Medical Center ) in Los Angeles .
Life's work
Prinzmetal distinguished itself through a large number of publications on various fields of medicine. Over 160 publications bear his name. In 1959 he described a variant of angina pectoris , which is caused by muscle spasms in the coronary arteries . This variant is still associated with his name today ( Prinzmetal angina ).
Web links
- Article about Myron Prinzmetal on the son's homepage (Byron Prinzmetal)
- Article about Myron Prinzmetal on WhoNamedIt
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SURNAME | Prinzmetal, Myron |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American cardiologist |
DATE OF BIRTH | February 8, 1908 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Buffalo |
DATE OF DEATH | January 8, 1987 |
Place of death | Paris |