Abstract:
:On October 17, 1849, Poland's greatest composer, Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849) died aged 39. His cause of death remains unknown. An investigation of the documental sources was performed to reconstruct the medical history of the artist. Since his earliest years, his life had been dominated by poor health. Recurrent episodes of cough, fever, headaches, lymphadenopathy- a series of symptoms that may be attributed to viral respiratory infections- manifested in his teens. Later in life, he had chest pain, hemoptysis, hematemesis, neuralgia, and arthralgia. Exhaustion and breathlessness characterized all his adult life. Coughing, choking, and edema of the legs and ankles manifested four months before his death. Several hypotheses ranging from cystic fibrosis to alpha-1 anti-trypsin deficiency and pulmonary tuberculosis have been proposed to explain Chopin's lifelong illness. We suggest that Chopin had dilated cardiomyopathy with consequent heart failure and cirrhosis that caused his death.
journal_name
J Card Failjournal_title
Journal of cardiac failureauthors
Perciaccante A,Charlier P,Negri C,Coralli A,Appenzeller O,Bianucci Rdoi
10.1016/j.cardfail.2018.03.009subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2018-05-01 00:00:00pages
342-344issue
5eissn
1071-9164issn
1532-8414pii
S1071-9164(18)30122-2journal_volume
24pub_type
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