1821–2021: Contributions of physicians and researchers of Greek descent in the advancement of clinical and experimental cardiology and cardiac surgery

While the role of Greeks in development early western medicine is well-known and appreciated, contributions modern Greek medical practitioners are less known often overlooked. On occasion 200-year anniversary War Independence, this review article sheds light onto achievements scientists descent cardiology, cardiac surgery, cardiovascular research, through a short history these fields related institutions Greece. In last decades, cardiology Cardiac Surgery communities have been active inside outside Greece remarkable presence internationally, particularly United States. This highlights ways which research has enriched by absorbing knowledge produced international centers, academic institutes pharmaceutical industries generations doctors researchers trained prior to their return homeland; it also who excelled abroad, producing ground-breaking work that left permanent imprint on global medicine.