ABSTRACT
Demetrio Sodi Pallares passed away on August 12, 2003, at the age of ninety. He was the son of the famous lawyer and Secretary of State of Mexico, Demetrio Sodi Guergue, and grandson of another famous lawyer, Jacinito Pallares, and is survived by five sons, including Mexican Senator Demetrio Sodi. An internationally recognized cardiologist and one of the world’s authorities on electrocardiographic interpretation, he was the author of 16 books and more than 300 scientific papers and the recipient of over 100 honorary degrees.
