First Successful Open-Heart Surgery Utilizing Cross-Circulation in 1954

Volume: 110, Issue: 1, Pages: 336 - 341
Published: Jul 1, 2020
Abstract
A pioneering surgeon at the University of Minnesota, Dr C. Walton Lillehei, is still considered the "father of open-heart surgery". Dr Lillehei and his surgical team performed the first open-heart operations utilizing cross-circulation, including the first successful ventricular septal defect closure on a 3-year-old boy. Before his death at age 67, this patient arranged to donate his body to the University of Minnesota's Anatomy Bequest program....
Paper Details
Title
First Successful Open-Heart Surgery Utilizing Cross-Circulation in 1954
Published Date
Jul 1, 2020
Volume
110
Issue
1
Pages
336 - 341
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