TY - JOUR
T1 - The Contribution of Poliomyelitis to President Roosevelt’s Heart Failure. A Lesson on the Importance of Vaccinations for Cardiovascular Prevention
AU - Varotto, Elena
AU - Cossarizza, Andrea
AU - Galassi, Francesco
PY - 2018/12
Y1 - 2018/12
N2 - Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882–1945), 32nd President of the United States of America, is remembered as one of the key leaders of the Allies in their struggle against the Axis Powers in WW2. A brilliant politician, he managed to restore America’s economic power and prosperity following the Great Depression through his New Deal (1933–1937). Despite his political and military success, his life had been crippled by physical disability since the summer of 1921 when, aged 39, he was diagnosed with a paralytic illness gripping his lower limbs up to the thigh, forcing him onto a wheelchair....
AB - Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882–1945), 32nd President of the United States of America, is remembered as one of the key leaders of the Allies in their struggle against the Axis Powers in WW2. A brilliant politician, he managed to restore America’s economic power and prosperity following the Great Depression through his New Deal (1933–1937). Despite his political and military success, his life had been crippled by physical disability since the summer of 1921 when, aged 39, he was diagnosed with a paralytic illness gripping his lower limbs up to the thigh, forcing him onto a wheelchair....
KW - Heart failure
KW - History of medicine
KW - Poliomyelitis
KW - Roosevelt
KW - Vaccines
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85057735699&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/s40292-018-0287-7
DO - 10.1007/s40292-018-0287-7
M3 - Letter
SN - 1120-9879
VL - 25
SP - 425
EP - 426
JO - High Blood Pressure & Cardiovascular Prevention
JF - High Blood Pressure & Cardiovascular Prevention
IS - 4
ER -
