Origin The Norwegian surgeon Axel Cappelen performed the first known surgery on the heart itself on September 4, 1895, in Oslo, ligating a bleeding coronary artery in a stabbing victim; the field advanced through Henry Souttar's 1925 mitral valve surgery and the Blalock-Taussig-Thomas team's first successful pediatric cardiac operation in 1944.
Cardiothoracic surgery, encompassing cardiac and thoracic surgery, is the surgical specialty treating conditions of the heart, great vessels and organs within the chest, including coronary artery disease, valve disease and lung cancer. This atlas records what the historical record supports and is not medical advice.
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Origin PeriodSourced to the subject's own accountThe Norwegian surgeon Axel Cappelen performed the first known surgery on the heart itself on September 4, 1895, in Oslo, ligating a bleeding coronary artery in a stabbing victim; the field advanced through Henry Souttar's 1925 mitral valve surgery and the Blalock-Taussig-Thomas team's first successful pediatric cardiac operation in 1944. 2 Classification
Type/Classification Connections
Associated With
Cardiothoracic surgery practice
Cardiothoracic surgery practice
Cardiothoracic surgery practice
Notable Specialists
Alfred Blalock developed the Blalock-Taussig shunt, pioneering cardiac surgery.
Christiaan Barnard performed the first human heart transplant.
Daniel Hale Williams performed one of the first successful pericardium surgeries.
Denton Cooley performed the first implantation of a total artificial heart.
Michael DeBakey was a renowned cardiovascular surgeon who invented the roller pump.
Norman Bethune, a thoracic surgeon, developed a mobile blood transfusion service.
Norman Shumway is regarded as the father of heart transplantation in the United States.
Treats
Cardiothoracic surgery practice
Cardiothoracic surgery practice
Cardiothoracic surgery practice
Sources
1. Wikipedia: Medical specialty
WikipediaClassification tableQuote, Classification table
Surgical specialties focus on manually operative and instrumental techniques to treat disease.
2. Cardiac Surgery (Wikipedia)
WikipediaLead section
Cardiac surgery, or cardiovascular surgery, is a surgery on the heart or great vessels performed by cardiac surgeons.
History section, 19th century subsection
The first surgery on the heart itself was performed by Axel Cappelen on 4 September 1895 at Rikshospitalet in Kristiania, now Oslo.
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