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In this chapter, I will attempt to explain why and how my interest in Leonardo’s anatomical studies has influenced me and to some extent my approach to work as a heart surgeon.
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RL 12642 verso.
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F.C. Wells and T. Crowe, “Leonardo da Vinci as a paradigm for modern clinical research,” Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 127 (2004): 929–44.
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RL 19116 recto.
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RL 12666 recto.
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Homograft: A tissue graft (valve) from a donor of the same species as the recipient. In this case, an aortic valve from a human cadaver is the standard choice. Xenograft: A tissue graft (valve) from a donor of a different species from the recipient; porcine aortic valves are most commonly used.
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D.A. Taylor, C. Inaugural, Walton Lillehei Lecture: Bioarticial Heart – “New uses for old cells”.
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RL 19063 verso [I].
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CA 119 verso.
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This quote comes from the Roman historian Sallust and is taken from his Jugurthine War: Bellum Jugurthinum (chapter 85, paragraph 25). Marius fought against and defeated Jugurtha in 109–104 B.C.
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Leonardo da Vinci, Notebooks. (Collected by Irma Richter; Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1952; edited with introduction and notes by Thereza Crowe, preface by Martin Kemp, Oxford: Oxford World’s Classics, 2008), 3–4.
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Thompson, D’Arcy Wentworth, On Growth and Form, The complete revised edition. (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1942; reprint, New York: Dover, 1992).
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Codex Atlanticus 302r/299r.
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Ibid.
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Ibid.
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RL 19117 verso.
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M. Akdis and M. Gharib, On some peculiar aspects of heart valve structures: a hint by Leonardo (preliminary communication). Bioengineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California.
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Wells, F.C. (2013). Leonardo: A Personal Legacy. In: The Heart of Leonardo. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-4531-8_5
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