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01-01-2021 | Heart Failure | IM - COMMENTARY

“Cardiovascular dementia” reappraisal of an old concept and Giambattista Vico’s course and recourse theory: is history repeating itself?

Authors: Enrica Cecchi, Claudio Pedone

Published in: Internal and Emergency Medicine | Issue 1/2021

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Since the Egyptian Medicine, through the ancient Greeks, Andreas Vesalius and William Harvey, to the late 1970s’ studies, the relationship between heart and brain has fascinated many researchers. …

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Title: “Cardiovascular dementia” reappraisal of an old concept and Giambattista Vico’s course and recourse theory: is history repeating itself?
Authors: Enrica Cecchi
Claudio Pedone
Publication date: 01-01-2021
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Keyword: Heart Failure
Published in: Internal and Emergency Medicine / Issue 1/2021
Print ISSN: 1828-0447
Electronic ISSN: 1970-9366
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11739-020-02437-6

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