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René Lutembacher

Born  1884
Died  1968

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French cardiologist, born 1884, Jouy-en-Josas; died 1968.

Biography of René Lutembacher

René Lutembacher graduated in Paris in 1912. He was physician at the Centre du Cardiologie de seine-et-Dise. He wrote numerous articles on cardiology, with a particular emphasis on the distinction from organic heart disease.

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