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British cardiologist
John Parsons Shillingford
CBE
FRCP (April 15, 1914 – September 16, 1999) was a British physician and cardiologist, known as a pioneer of the introduction of
coronary care units in the United Kingdom in the 1960s.
[1]
[2]
Shillingford was born in London, England on April 15, 1914. He attended
Bishop's Stortford College . He then studied at the
London Hospital Medical School .
At the beginning of
World War II , he won a
Rockefeller Foundation scholarship to
Harvard Medical School and graduated with an MD in 1943. He held medical residency appointments at Baltimore's
Johns Hopkins Hospital in
Baltimore, Maryland and at
Presbyterian Hospital in
Manhattan, New York .
Shillingford qualified for
Membership of the Royal Colleges of Surgeons and the
Royal College of Physicians in 1945. He graduated with a
MB BS from the
London Hospital Medical School .in 1945 and an MD in 1948.
After the war, Shillingford worked at the
London Hospital until 1950. In 1950,
John McMichael recruited Shillingford to the
Royal Postgraduate Medical School in
Hammersmith . Shillingford's research team studied the narrowing of the arteries that occurs with aging. He promoted engineering and biophysics in cardiovascular research.
[1]
He headed the
Medical Research Council 's cardiovascular unit, and his engineering interests and skills led to several diagnostic innovations.
[2] His major contributions were in the study and care of patients in the acute stages of heart attack, at a time when little was offered beyond pain relief. In the 1960s, he realized that research into heart disease was underfunded and, together with McMichael, supported the recently formed
British Heart Foundation .
[2] He became the chair of angiocardiography at the University of London in 1969.
He published over 400 articles that form the basis of much of the current understanding of heart disease.
[1]
He married Doris Margaret "Jill" Franklin in 1947 in
Brentford ,
Middlesex . They had two sons and a daughter.
[2] He died in 1999.
[2]
Shillingford, J. P. (1950).
"The Red Bone Marrow in Heart Failure" . Journal of Clinical Pathology . 3 (1): 24–39.
doi :
10.1136/jcp.3.1.24 .
PMC
1023339 .
PMID
15404597 .
McMichael, J.; Shillingford, J. P. (1957).
"The Role of Valvular Incompetence in Heart Failure" . British Medical Journal . 1 (5018): 537–541.
doi :
10.1136/bmj.1.5018.537 .
PMC
1974699 .
PMID
13404228 .
Cobbs, B. W.; Shillingford, J. P.; Steiner, R. E. (1957).
"The Size of the Left Atrium, in Conditions Other Than Mitral Valve Disease" . British Heart Journal . 19 (4): 495–502.
doi :
10.1136/hrt.19.4.495 .
PMC
503959 .
PMID
13471815 .
Murray, J. F.; Shillingford, J. P. (1958).
"A Comparison of Direct and Extraction Methods for the Determination of T-1824 (Evans Blue) in Plasma and Serum" . Journal of Clinical Pathology . 11 (2): 170–172.
doi :
10.1136/jcp.11.2.170 .
PMC
1024164 .
PMID
13513794 .
Taylor, S. H.; Shillingford, J. P. (1959).
"Clinical Applications of Coomassie Blue" . British Heart Journal . 21 (4): 497–504.
doi :
10.1136/hrt.21.4.497 .
PMC
1017608 .
PMID
18610134 .
Harrison, R. J.; Shillingford, J. P.; Allen, G. T.; Teare, D. (1961).
"Perforation of Interventricular Septum After Myocardial Infarction" . British Medical Journal . 1 (5232): 1066–1071.
doi :
10.1136/bmj.1.5232.1066 .
PMC
1953688 .
PMID
13711842 .
Shillingford, J. P.; Somers, K. (1961).
"Clinical and Hæmodynamic Patterns in Endomyocardial Fibrosis" . British Heart Journal . 23 (4): 433–446.
doi :
10.1136/hrt.23.4.433 .
PMC
1017789 .
PMID
18610159 .
Bruce, T. A.; Shillingford, J. P. (1962).
"The Normal Resting Cardiac Output: Serial Determinations by a Dye Dilution Method" . British Heart Journal . 24 (1): 69–75.
doi :
10.1136/hrt.24.1.69 .
PMC
1017845 .
PMID
13873822 .
Calnan, J. S.; Kountz, S.; Pentecost, B. L.; Shillingford, J. P.; Steiner, R. E. (1964).
"Venous Obstruction in the Aetiology of Lymphoedema Praecox" . British Medical Journal . 2 (5403): 214.2–226.
doi :
10.1136/bmj.2.5403.214-b .
PMC
1817897 .
PMID
14150911 .
Shillingford, J. P. (1965).
"The place of measurement in the management of acutely ill patients. Measurement in the intensive care of heart disease" . Proceedings of the Royal Society of Medicine . 58 (10): 773–775.
doi :
10.1177/003591576505801006 .
PMC
1898962 .
PMID
5836729 .
Shillingford, J. P. (1965).
"The Intensive Care of the Coronary Crisis" . Proceedings of the Royal Society of Medicine . 58 (2): 101–103.
doi :
10.1177/003591576505800208 .
PMC
1898347 .
PMID
14262009 .
Shillingford, J. P. (1967).
"Significance of the systolic murmur" . British Medical Journal . 4 (5578): 539.
doi :
10.1136/bmj.4.5578.539 .
PMC
1749144 .
Thomas, M.; Jewitt, D. E.; Shillingford, J. P. (1968).
"Analysis of 150 patients with acute myocardial infarction admitted to an intensive care and study unit" . British Medical Journal . 1 (5595): 787–790.
doi :
10.1136/bmj.1.5595.787 .
PMC
1985716 .
PMID
5641483 .
Shillingford, J. P. (1968).
"Considerations of Chest Disease" . British Medical Journal . 1 (5583): 42–43.
doi :
10.1136/bmj.1.5583.42-b .
PMC
1984930 .
Gabe, I. T.; Mason, D. T.; Gault, J. H.; Ross Jr, J.; Zelis, R.; Mills, C. J.; Braunwald, E.; Shillingford, J. P. (1970).
"Effect of respiration on venous return and stroke volume in cardiac tamponade" . British Heart Journal . 32 (5): 592–596.
doi :
10.1136/hrt.32.5.592 .
PMC
487377 .
PMID
5470038 .
Reid, D. S.; Pelides, L. J.; Shillingford, J. P. (1971).
"Surface mapping of RS-T segment in acute myocardial infarction" . British Heart Journal . 33 (3): 370–374.
doi :
10.1136/hrt.33.3.370 .
PMC
458420 .
PMID
5579153 .
Shillingford, J. P. (1971).
"Panel discussion" . Postgraduate Medical Journal . 47 (543): 27–29.
doi :
10.1136/pgmj.47.543.27 .
PMC
2467139 .
Millar, R. N.; Maurer, B. J.; Reid, D. S.; Wray, R.; Birkhead, J. S.; Shillingford, J. P. (1973).
"Studies of intra-atrial conduction with bipolar atrial and His electrograms" . British Heart Journal . 35 (6): 604–609.
doi :
10.1136/hrt.35.6.604 .
PMC
458665 .
PMID
4712464 .
Zacharoulis, A. A.; Evans, T. R.; Ziady, G. M.; Coltart, D. J.; Shillingford, J. P. (1975).
"Measurement of stroke volume from pulmonary artery pressure record in man" . British Heart Journal . 37 (1): 20–25.
doi :
10.1136/hrt.37.1.20 .
PMC
484150 .
PMID
803378 .
Selwyn, A. P.; Ogunro, E.; Shillingford, J. P. (1977).
"Loss of electrically active myocardium during anterior infarction in man" . British Heart Journal . 39 (11): 1186–1191.
doi :
10.1136/hrt.39.11.1186 .
PMC
483394 .
PMID
588374 .
Selwyn, A. P.; Ogunro, E. A.; Shillingford, J. P. (1977).
"Natural history and evaluation of ST segment changes and MB CK release in acute myocardial infarction" . British Heart Journal . 39 (9): 988–994.
doi :
10.1136/hrt.39.9.988 .
PMC
483358 .
PMID
907778 .
Selwyn, A. P.; Fox, K.; Welman, E.; Shillingford, J. P. (1978).
"Natural history and evaluation of Q waves during acute myocardial infarction" . British Heart Journal . 40 (4): 383–387.
doi :
10.1136/hrt.40.4.383 .
PMC
482808 .
PMID
646905 .
Selwyn, A. P.; Fox, K.; Welman, E.; Jonathan, A.; Shillingford, J. P. (1978).
"Loss of electrically active myocardium during inferior infarction in man" . British Heart Journal . 40 (9): 1019–1024.
doi :
10.1136/hrt.40.9.1019 .
PMC
483527 .
PMID
708527 .
Fox, K. M.; Selwyn, A. P.; Shillingford, J. P. (1978).
"A method for precordial surface mapping of the exercise electrocardiogram" . British Heart Journal . 40 (12): 1339–1343.
doi :
10.1136/hrt.40.12.1339 .
PMC
483576 .
PMID
737091 .
Fox, K. M.; Selwyn, A. P.; Shillingford, J. P. (1979).
"Projection of electrocardiographic signs in precordial maps after exercise in patients with ischaemic heart disease" . British Heart Journal . 42 (4): 416–421.
doi :
10.1136/hrt.42.4.416 .
PMC
482176 .
PMID
508472 .