history of cardiac surgery Flashcards
William Harvey
First to understand
circulation
Frey and Gruber
First Film Oxygenator
Dr. Daniel Hale Williams
Dr. Ludwig Rehn
• First cardiac surgery in
U S
Dr. Ludwig Rehn
First successful cardiorrhaphy
Porter-Bradley
Roller pump
DeBakey
roller pump with tubing guides
Dr. Alexis Carrel
Developed a leakproof technique for anastomosing blood vessels without constricting the vessels or causing thrombosis
McLean
Discovered heparin to
reduce blood clotting
Drs. Elliot Cutler and Samuel
Levine
Used surgical valvulotome to
surgically repair stenotic
valvular lesions
Werner Forossmann
First cardiac catheterization
Sir Alexander Fleming
Discovered penicillin, the first antibiotic
Dr. Dwight Harken
Performed first consistently
successful elective cardiac
surgery
Dr. Theodore Tuffier
Surgery on Aortic Valve
Dr. Elliot Cutter
Surgery on Mitral Valve
Dr. Alfred Blalock
Pulmonary shunt for blue babies