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When Leonardo da Vinci dissected the heart of a 100-year-old man who had recently died, he discovered the first known description of coronary artery disease.
More than 500 years later, coronary artery disease is one of the most common causes of death in the western world.
The Italian painter, architect and engineer was clearly a curious and gifted individual who was way ahead of his time, but what fired his interest in the workings of the human body?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-28054468
