Dimitrios Vikelas
Greek businessman and writer; president of the International Olympic Committee (1835-1908)
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- 1835-02-15
- Died
- 1908-07-20
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- 2021 ESC Guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of acute and chronic heart failure
· 2021 · cited 11,551x
- 2018 ESC/ESH Guidelines for the management of arterial hypertension
· 2018 · cited 8,146x
- 2020 ESC Guidelines for the diagnosis and management of atrial fibrillation developed in collaboration with the European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (EACTS)
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- 2017 ESC Guidelines for the management of acute myocardial infarction in patients presenting with ST-segment elevation
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Demetrios Vikelas (/vɪˈkɛlɑːs/; Greek: Δημήτριος Βικέλας [viˈcelas]; 15 February 1835 – 20 July 1908) was a Greek businessman and writer; he was the co-founder and first president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), from 1894 to 1896.
After a childhood spent in Greece and Istanbul, he found fortune in London, where he married. He then moved to Paris, on account of his wife. Abandoning business, he dedicated himself to literature and history, and published numerous novels, short stories and essays, which earned him a distinguished reputation.
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