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Also Known As Andre Frédéric Cournand
Born September 24, 1895 • Paris • France • Massachusetts
Died February 19, 1988 (aged 92) • Great Barrington
Awards And Honors Nobel Prize (1956)
Subjects Of Study circulatory system • disease • heart
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