Ignacio Chavez Sanchez, Mexican
cardiologist (Zirandaro, Guerrero
State 31 January 1897 – Ciudad de Mexico 12 July 1979) Authored 189 medical publications and 7 books With Alejandro Celis & Narno Dorbecker first in the world saw cardiac coronary arteries in a human being and developed selective angiocardiography Direct intracardiac angiocardiography – its diagnostic
value. Am. Heart J. 33:560-93, 1947 Described Chavez pulmonary complex in pulmonary
hypertension Lecciones de Clinica Cardiologica
(1931) Described Chavez-Rivero Carvallo sign Una nueva maniobra para diferenciar los
soplos aórticos y los pulmonares. Arch. Lat.
Amer. Cardiol. Hematol. 5:115, 1935 Eponym of Chavez-Aceves sign in deep post-inspiratory
apnea With J.
Espino Vela proposed a theory for explaining the high rates of persistence of
ductus arteriosus in regions of high altitude (1953) Founded Instituto Nacional de Cardiologia, the first
institution in the world devoted exclusively to cardiology (1944) HONORS Life honorary president, International Society of Cardiology (1962-79) |
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