Luigi Luciani

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Luigi Luciani
Born(1842-11-23)23 November 1842
Died23 June 1919(1919-06-23) (aged 76)
Scientific career
FieldsNeuroscience

Luigi Luciani ForMemRS (23 November 1842, in Ascoli Piceno – 23 June 1919) was an Italian neuroscientist.[1] He also contributed to Karel Frederik Wenckebach's work on what is now known as second-degree atrioventricular block of the heart in which Wenckebach described the periodicity of this block as "Luciani periodicity."[2]

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  1. ^ http://www.ibro.org/Pub/Pub_Main_Display.asp?LC_Docs_ID=3476[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ Silverman, Mark E (30 August 2004). "Woldemar Mobitz and His 1924 Classification of Second-Degree Atrioventricular Block". Circulation. 110 (9): 1162–7. doi:10.1161/01.CIR.0000140669.35049.34. PMID 15339865.

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