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Perciaccante, A., Charlier, P., Negri, C., Coralli, A., Appenzeller, O. and Bianucci, Raffaella (2018) Did Frédéric Chopin die from heart failure? Journal of Cardiac Failure, 24 (5). pp. 342-344. doi:10.1016/j.cardfail.2018.03.009
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Official URL: http://doi.org/10.1016/j.cardfail.2018.03.009
Abstract
On October 17, 1849, Poland's greatest composer, Frédéric Chopin (1810–1849) died aged 39. His cause of death remains unknown. An investigation of the documental sources was performed to reconstruct the medical history of the artist. Since his earliest years, his life had been dominated by poor health. Recurrent episodes of cough, fever, headaches, lymphadenopathy- a series of symptoms that may be attributed to viral respiratory infections- manifested in his teens. Later in life, he had chest pain, hemoptysis, hematemesis, neuralgia, and arthralgia. Exhaustion and breathlessness characterized all his adult life. Coughing, choking, and edema of the legs and ankles manifested four months before his death. Several hypotheses ranging from cystic fibrosis to alpha-1 anti-trypsin deficiency and pulmonary tuberculosis have been proposed to explain Chopin's lifelong illness. We suggest that Chopin had dilated cardiomyopathy with consequent heart failure and cirrhosis that caused his death.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||
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| Subjects: | M Music and Books on Music > ML Literature of music R Medicine > RC Internal medicine |
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| Divisions: | Faculty of Medicine > Warwick Medical School > Biomedical Sciences > Microbiology & Infection Faculty of Medicine > Warwick Medical School |
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| SWORD Depositor: | Library Publications Router | ||||||||
| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Chopin, Frédéric, 1810-1849 -- Health aspects, Heart failure, Myocardium -- Diseases -- Poland -- 19th century | ||||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Journal of Cardiac Failure | ||||||||
| Publisher: | Elsevier | ||||||||
| ISSN: | 1532-8414 | ||||||||
| Official Date: | May 2018 | ||||||||
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| Date of first compliant deposit: | 10 May 2018 | ||||||||
| Date of first compliant Open Access: | 27 March 2019 | ||||||||
| Volume: | 24 | ||||||||
| Number: | 5 | ||||||||
| Page Range: | pp. 342-344 | ||||||||
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.cardfail.2018.03.009 | ||||||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||
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| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access |
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