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Case Reports
. 2012 Jan-Feb;58(1):2-5.
doi: 10.1097/MAT.0b013e31823ccfe7.

May 6, 1953: the untold story

Mark Kurusz  1
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Case Reports

May 6, 1953: the untold story

Mark Kurusz. ASAIO J. 2012 Jan-Feb.

Abstract

A landmark case in the history of cardiac surgery was the first successful use of cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) in May 1953 by Dr. John H. Gibbon, Jr. The operation was closure of an atrial septal defect, but there were complications in the conduct of CPB that nearly led to a catastrophe. Quick action by personnel on the team saved the patient's life.

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