Ancient Persian medical views on the heart and blood in the Sassanid era (224-637 AD)

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 172, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 307-312

  Zargaran, Arman ^a,b  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Ancient Persia; Blood; Cardiology; Heart; History of medicine; Sassanid dynasty

Indexed keywords

ANTIQUITY; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CARDIOLOGY; EMBRYOLOGY; GAMETE; GOVERNMENT; GYNECOLOGIST; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEART PALPITATION; HEMATOPOIESIS; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; IRAN; LUNG CIRCULATION; MEDICAL CARE; OPHTHALMOLOGIST; PHARMACIST; PHLEBOTOMY; PHYSICIAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIST; VETERINARIAN; HEART; HISTORY;

BLOOD; CARDIOLOGY; HEART; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HUMANS; PERSIA;

EID: 84895516078     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: 18741754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2014.01.035     Document Type: Review

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