Quintiliano de Mesquita
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'''Quintiliano H. de Mesquita''' ([[1918]] – [[October 28]] [[2000]]), [[Brazil]]ian [[physician]] and [[scientist]], was born in [[João Pessoa]], state of [[Paraíba]].
He obtained his degree of [[M.D.]] in [[1939]] at the Faculdade de Medicina do [[Recife]], state of [[Pernambuco]]. In [[1940]] he moved to [[São Paulo]] where he made his specialization in [[cardiology]] at the [[Hospital Municipal de São Paulo]] under the direction of Dr. [[Dante Pazzanese]], staying there as voluntary assistant giving annual [[lecture]]s on [[arrythmia]]s until [[1949]]. In [[1945]] he founded and directed the Cardiology Institute of [[Matarazzo Hospital]] till [[1979]]. In [[1943]] he was one of the founders of the [[Brazilian Society of Cardiology]]. Dr. Mesquita was also appointed as honorary professor at the Faculdade de Medicina da [[Universidade Federal da Paraíba]].
Among Dr. Mesquita's several pioneer contributions to the medical science, the most important are:
1) A new [[electrocardiogram|electrocardiographic]] classification of incomplete [[branch block]] with the discovery of 2 new types of bundle branch block in 1948 [http://www.infarctcombat.org/arrhythmias-02.html]
2) First case of [[post-infarction ventricular aneurism]] operated by [[Charles Bailey]] in [[1954]]. Charles P. Bailey in a letter of [[March 16]] [[1954]] accepted the idea offered by Quintiliano H. de Mesquita to perform the [[aneurysmectomy]] in his patient [http://www.infarctcombat.org/aneurysm/Bailey.html]
3) First case of right ventricular [[infarction]] diagnosed [[in vivo]] by new electrocardiographic patterns. contradicting the [[ECG Cavity Theory]] and confirming the ECG Vectorial Theory of Myocardial Infarction, in [[1958]] [http://www.infarctcombat.org/VectorialTheory.html]. [[Myron Prinzmetal]] agreed with his diagnosis on July, 22, 1959 by letter[http://www.infarctcombat.org/letter08/qhm.html]. On [[November 27]] [[1981]] [[Ary L. Goldberger]] agreed that the vectorial theory is more flexible than the cavity potential explanation to Q waves [http://www.infarctcombat.org/letter01/qhm.html].
4) The Myogenic Theory of Myocardial Infarction, in 1972 [http://www.infarctcombat.org/MyogenicTheory.html] supporting the use of cardiac [[glycoside]]s in [[prevention]] and in [[Pharmacotherapy|treatment]] of acute coronary syndromes. Awarded with the Ernst Edens Tradition Prize by the International Society for Infarct Combat, 1975 [http://www.infarctcombat.org/Traditionpreis/photo.html].
5) The confirmation of the Prinzmetal’s Theory of Accelerated Conduction, [[1999]] [http://pcvc.sminter.com.ar/cvirtual/tlibres/tnn2346i/tnn2346i.htm]
==External links==
* [http://www.infarctcombat.org/qhm/homepage.html Online biography]
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