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(Circulation. 2003;108:780.)
© 2003 American Heart Association, Inc.

In Memoriam

Mauricio B. Rosenbaum, MD

A Revolutionary Electrocardiologist From the Southern Hemisphere, 1921–2003

Marcelo V. Elizari, MD

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Ifeel honored and at the same time deeply touched to be asked to write this memorial to Mauricio Bernardo Rosenbaum, who died on May 4, 2003, after a distinguished, life-spanning career of 57 years.

Born in Carlos Casares, province of Buenos Aires, Argentina, 81 years ago, he graduated from the School of Medicine of Córdoba University and completed his training in Cardiology at the Ramos Mejía Hospital. He was appointed Research Associate at the University of Vermont under the direction of Eugene Lepeschkin in 1954 and Visiting Professor of Cardiology at the University of Kentucky, Lexington, in 1969. Until his retirement in 1986, he was Chief of Cardiology of the Salaberry Hospital (1964) and the Ramos Mejía Hospital. He ended his academic career as Honorary Professor of Medicine of the Buenos Aires University.

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In the 1950s, Mauricio devoted many years to clinical and epidemiological investigations of Chagas’ disease. His findings were later reported in 26 publications. His paper on "Chagasic Myocardiopathy" (by invitation of Progress in Cardiovascular Diseases, 1964)¹ was the star and is still quoted in any related publication today. The alarm set off by Rosenbaum in claiming the importance of Chagas’ disease in Argentina was the turning point in the development of national health campaigns to control the disease.

My first meeting with Mauricio was in 1960. The anatomic and experimental studies carried out in the Pabellón Inchauspe, complemented by clinical and pathological observations, revolutionized the field of electrocardiography by claiming that the intraventricular conducting system actually . . . [Full Text of this Article]