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Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2006;29:S18-S20
© 2006 Elsevier Science NL

Editorial

Torrent-Guasp's anatomical legacy

Donald N. Ross *

Alder Hey Royal Children's Hospital, Eaton Road, West Derby, Liverpool L12 2AP, United Kingdom

Received 22 February 2006; received in revised form 22 February 2006; accepted 1 March 2006.

* Corresponding author. (Email: Barbaracorkross@aol.com).

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Ladies and gentlemen, I should point out that Francisco Torrent-Guasp and I were close friends, so this should not be regarded as a scientific dissertation but rather the story of a long-standing friendship. I called him Paco instead of Francisco (Fig. 1 ).


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  		Fig. 1. Francisco (Paco) Torrent-Guasp.

 
They say ‘A prophet has no honour in his own country’ but honour was accruing rapidly for Torrent-Guasp, together with his widespread recognition as the instigator of our basic knowledge of the true anatomy of the myocardium. With this went his association with the apparently magical, and incompletely understood, myocardial contractility and its relationship to the circulation of the blood. Unfortunately, this developing knowledge of the heart's function was still in the process of evolution when it was tragically interrupted by Paco's death.

Whatever the inevitable ensuing arguments bring to light, there can be absolutely no doubt that this seminal work emanated entirely from the thoughts and pen of Francisco Torrent-Guasp, spread over 50 years of painstaking study.

My first connection with Paco was when he was living in Spain, in the region of Denia. I was a trained surgeon, and when we met was working at the National Heart and Guy's Hospital, London, and struggling to resolve the mysteries of what, at that time, was the rapid development of heart surgery. Those days, the heart was perceived to be a simple, thick muscular organ together with numerous autopsy . . . [Full Text of this Article]






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