Thanks to the preventive focus of Soviet medicine, many common diseases were under the strict control of the medical community. A great contribution to the development of cardiology was made by the great Soviet physician Lukomsky Pavel Evgenievich - a scientist and talented organizer, the author of many authoritative works on the problems of heart and vascular diseases.
Biography
Pavel Evgenievich Lukomsky was born on July 23, 1899 in a small village near the Belarusian city of Grodno. After graduating from school, Pavel Evgenievich moved with his father to Moscow, where he entered the State Medical University. Having received his medical education in 1923, the future professor decides to take up teaching activities and remains in a medical educational institution, where in three years he becomes the head of the department of therapy. Here, for the first time in 1938, he establishes the significance of changes in the electrocardiogram in cardiovascular diseases.
In 1943, Pavel Evgenievich Lukomsky defended his doctoral dissertation with honors on the problems of diagnosis and treatment of myocardial infarction. In the same year, the professor was sent to the Urals in the city of Chelyabinsk, where for five years he successfully headed the hospital and the department of cardiology at the local institute. Upon returning to Moscow, Pavel Evgenievich again takes his place at the cardiology faculty. In 1949, he moved to the Ministry of Health, as the chief physician, while fulfilling his duties at the Department of Hospital Therapy at the Medical University in Moscow.
Scientific creativity
Along with teaching activities, Pavel Evgenievich Lukomsky conducts diverse scientific work. Developing various methods for the diagnosis and prevention of cardiovascular diseases, the famous cardiologist proposed several methods of effective treatment using nitrogenous compounds, derivatives of hydrocortisone, defibrillation with an electric discharge and other methods.
For many years, the Main Moscow Clinic conducted examinations of patients with heart failure under the guidance and supervision of Pavel Evgenievich Lukomsky, which made it possible to significantly reduce mortality from myocardial infarction and thromboembolism in the Soviet Union. The venerable professor paid special attention to the prevention of the development of cardiac diseases, believing that such preventive measures help to avoid complications of the course of the disease and disability of patients. Lukomsky wrote about 40 guidelines on the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of cardiovascular diseases, as well as over 130 scientific articles, monographs and guidelines on the problems of cardiology.
In 1969, Pavel Evgenievich Lukomsky was awarded the Order of Lenin and a gold medal, with the title of Hero of Socialist Labor. Until the end of his days, the remarkable Soviet cardiologist lived and worked in Moscow. He died on April 8, 1974.
