William Dressler (cardiologist)

{{Short description|Polish-American cardiologist (1890–1969)}}

William Dressler (1890–1969) was a cardiologist born in Poland, who went on to become a Director of Cardiology at Maimonides Medical Center.{{cite web |url=http://dev.m-w.com/medical/dressler |title=Dressler's+syndrome - Definition from Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary |access-date=2009-01-06}}{{cite book |author=Whitworth, Judith A. |author-link=Judith Whitworth |author2=Firkin, Barry G. |title=Dictionary of medical eponyms |publisher=Parthenon Pub |location=New York |year=1996 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/dictionaryofmedi0000firk/page/99 99] |isbn=1-85070-333-7 |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/dictionaryofmedi0000firk/page/99 }}

Dressler's syndrome is named after him for discovering the condition in 1956.{{cite journal |vauthors=Bendjelid K, Pugin J |title=Is Dressler syndrome dead? |journal=Chest |volume=126 |issue=5 |pages=1680–2 |date=November 2004 |pmid=15539743 |doi=10.1378/chest.126.5.1680 |url=http://www.chestjournal.org/cgi/pmidlookup?view=long&pmid=15539743}}{{cite journal |vauthors=Streifler J, Pitlik S, Dux S |title=Dressler's syndrome after right ventricular infarction |journal=Postgrad Med J |volume=60 |issue=702 |pages=298–300 |date=April 1984 |pmid=6728756 |pmc=2417818 |doi= 10.1136/pgmj.60.702.298|display-authors=etal}}{{cite journal |author=Dressler W |title=The post-myocardial-infarction syndrome: a report on forty-four cases |journal=Arch Intern Med |volume=103 |issue=1 |pages=28–42 |date=January 1959 |pmid=13605300 |doi= 10.1001/archinte.1959.00270010034006}}

The "Dressler beat", a type of QRS complex,{{cite journal |vauthors=Lam P, Saba S |title=Approach to the evaluation and management of wide complex tachycardias |journal=Indian Pacing Electrophysiol J |volume=2 |issue=4 |pages=120–6 |year=2002 |pmid=16951728 |pmc=1557420 |url=http://www.ipej.org/2/120}} is also named after him.