Chen Weizhu, a member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, died

One of the main founders of "contemporary cardiology", the Chinese Academy of Engineering
The death of Chen Yuzhu
The Chinese Academy of Engineering
, an expert in internal medicine cardiovascular disease, Professor of Internal Medicine and doctoral tutor of Zhongshan Hospital affiliated with Fudan University, died in Shanghai in the early hours of October 30, 2020 at the age of 96.
, born in November 1924, is a member of Xinhua County, Jiangmen City, Guangdong Province. He graduated from the former National School of Chinese Medicine with a bachelor's degree in 1949. He was director of the Shanghai Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, deputy director of the Society of Cardiovascular Diseases of the Chinese
, etc.
Chen Yuzhu has deep knowledge in the field of medicine, especially in the clinical aspects of cardiovascular disease, and was the first doctor in China to put forward the medical term "myocardial infarction" and one of the main founders of "contemporary cardiology" in China. He took the lead in the diagnosis of coronary heart disease by selective coronary artery angiology and ultrasound examination in the vascular cavity, took the lead in treating rapid arrhythmic disorders with electric pacing and electro-reprogression, and promoted the development of interventional diagnosis and treatment technology of cardiovascular disease in China. The first study was made to treat coronary heart disease with active hemolysis and to clarify its principle. At home and abroad, the first application of ultra-large doses of isopropyl epinephrine to treat the fatal rapid cytophrenic arrhythmic caused by quinine was successful and popularized.
Chen Yuzhu Ren's heart and benevolence, highly respected in the medical field, recently won the first "light of medical ethics" honorary title in Shanghai. He once said: "The most important thing for doctors is to treat patients as if they were relatives." "