Cardiology in the Young
2010; Page 1 of 9
doi:10.1017/S1047951110000119
© Cambridge University
Press, 2010
Received: 28 October
2009; Accepted: 2 January 2010
The paediatric cardiology Hall of Fame: Maude Elizabeth Abbott
Authors
William N Evans, MD, Marie J
Bˇland
Source
ChildrenÕs Heart Center
Nevada, 3006 S Maryland Pkwy, Ste 690, Las Vegas, NV 89109, USA.
Email: WNevans50@aol.com.
Abstract
Few paediatric cardiologists
know of Maude Abbott. Yet before Helen Taussig, no one contributed more to
founding the speciality than Maude Abbott. She
achieved international fame as the early 20th centuryexpert on cardiac
malformations. We summarise here her life and
contributions, indicating how she is morethan justified in being inducted to
the Hall of Fame.