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History of Heart Surgery

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It is conceptually convenient to think of the evolution of heart surgery as falling into eras. The procedures characterizing each era have not necessarily become obsolete with succeeding eras. Many, indeed most, of the techniques temporally characterizing each era continue to have an important continuing use, e.g. closure of patent ducti, correction of coarctation of the aorta, pericardiectomy etc. We must also recognize that isolated (and often disappointing) adventures took place before their time or era, e.g. early experiences with surgery for mitral stenosis.

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  1. Beijing Heart, Lung and Blood Vessel Medical Center, Beijing, China

    Yingkai Wu MB. ChB. (Professor of Thoracic Surgery) (Professor of Thoracic Surgery)

  2. University of California at San Diego, California, USA

    Richard M. Peters M.D. (Professor of Surgery & Biomedical Engineering) (Professor of Surgery & Biomedical Engineering)

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Harken, D.E. (1986). History of Heart Surgery. In: Wu, Y., Peters, R.M. (eds) International Practice in Cardiothoracic Surgery. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-4259-2_2

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