Correspondence, Owen Wangensteen to Richard Varco regarding the first successful repair of an atrial septal defect and funding for more heart research
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Title
Correspondence, Owen Wangensteen to Richard Varco regarding the first successful repair of an atrial septal defect and funding for more heart research
Subject
Open Heart Surgery
Description
F. John Lewis, Richard Varco, Mansur Taufic, and C. Walton Lillehei performed the world's first open heart surgery under direct vision in a dry operative field on September 2, 1952. The surgeons repaired an atrial septal defect on a 5-year-old girl using induced hypothermia and inflow occlusion.
Creator
Owen Wangensteen
Source
"Surgery staff correspondence, 1952-1953," Box 31, Department of Surgery records, uarc1007, University of Minnesota Archives
Publisher
University of Minnesota
Date
10-Sep-52
Contributor
Richard Varco
Rights
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Format
Document
Language
eng
Identifier
oh0325
Coverage
Open Heart Surgery
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Owen Wangensteen, “Correspondence, Owen Wangensteen to Richard Varco regarding the first successful repair of an atrial septal defect and funding for more heart research,” Gallery, accessed April 20, 2024, https://gallerytemp.reclaim.hosting/items/show/3215.