Abstract

GARCIA HERRERA, Arístides L  and  MOLINER CARTAYA, Miriam. Some notes on the history of the vascular surgery. Rev. Med. Electrón. [online]. 2010, vol.32, suppl.7, pp. 0-0. ISSN 1684-1824.

The Vascular Surgery is the discipline, responsable of the study, diagnosis and treatment of the vascular diseases. The knowledge of the vascular pathologies is very ancient, and we have direct and indirect information of its existence, in pictures, sculptures and archeological remains. According to this exposition, we think that the study of the source of the medical knowledge, from its beginning and the follow of the integration process until our days, can permit excellent perspectives, for the prediction of the future evolution of our science. With this intention, we realized a revision of the principal milestones in the history of the vascular surgery, for to expose with rigor, the past.

Keywords : vascular surgical procedures; vascular diseases; famous persons; historical article; history of medicine; review.

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