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
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1. Wikipedia: Medical specialty
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Surgical specialties focus on manually operative and instrumental techniques to treat disease.
View the Source 2. Cardiac Surgery (Wikipedia)
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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.
View the Source Ferdinand Sauerbruch (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Ferdinand Sauerbruch, Biography section, thorax medicineQuote, Notable Specialists: Ferdinand Sauerbruch, Biography section, thorax medicine
allowed heart and lung operations to take place at greatly reduced risk
View the Source Bill Frist (Wikipedia)
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trained as a cardiothoracic transplant surgeon
View the Source Leonard Lee Bailey (Wikipedia)
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recognized for transplantation and all types of pediatric and infant-open heart surgeries
View the Source Henry Heimlich (Wikipedia)
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was an American thoracic surgeon and medical researcher
View the Source Zbigniew Religa (Wikipedia)
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was a Polish cardiac surgeon and politician
View the Source Nikolai Amosov (Wikipedia)
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heart surgeon, inventor, best-selling author
View the Source Adrian Kantrowitz (Wikipedia)
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was an American cardiac surgeon
View the Source Devi Shetty (Wikipedia)
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Indian cardiac surgeon
View the Source C. Walton Lillehei (Wikipedia)
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numerous techniques, equipment and prostheses for cardiothoracic surgery
View the Source Chiaki Mukai (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Chiaki Mukai, Early life and education, board certificationQuote, Notable Specialists: Chiaki Mukai, Early life and education, board certification
board certified as a cardiovascular surgeon, Japan Surgical Society, 1989
View the Source Christian Cabrol (source article)
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best known for performing Europe's first heart transplant at Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital in 1968
View the Source Norman Barrett (Wikipedia)
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Australian-born English thoracic surgeon
View the Source Maurice Neligan (Wikipedia)
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was an Irish heart surgeon, activist
View the Source Wilfred Gordon Bigelow (Wikipedia)
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was a Canadian heart surgeon known for his role in developing the artificial pacemaker
View the Source Ludwig Rehn (Wikipedia)
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first surgeon to perform a successful heart surgery
View the Source Adib Jatene (Wikipedia)
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university professor, scientist and thoracic surgeon
View the Source Giancarlo Rastelli (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Giancarlo Rastelli, Lead sentence [specialist-in]Quote, Notable Specialists: Giancarlo Rastelli, Lead sentence [specialist-in]
was an Italian-born cardiac surgeon who worked for the University of Parma and the Mayo Clinic
View the Source Dwight Harken (Wikipedia)
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He was an innovator in heart surgery
View the Source Rafael Espada (Wikipedia)
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is a retired cardiothoracic surgeon and politician
View the Source Clarence Crafoord (source article)
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Crafoord was professor of thoracic surgery at Karolinska Institute from 1948 to 1966.
View the Source Gilles Dreyfus (source article)
Notable Specialists: Gilles Dreyfus, Lead and biography [specialist-in]Quote, Notable Specialists: Gilles Dreyfus, Lead and biography [specialist-in]
Professor of cardio-thoracic surgery at Imperial College School of Medicine
View the Source David H. Adams (source article)
Notable Specialists: David H. Adams, Lead sentence [specialist-in]Quote, Notable Specialists: David H. Adams, Lead sentence [specialist-in]
Chairman of the Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery
View the Source Russell M. Nelson (source article)
Notable Specialists: Russell M. Nelson, Article textQuote, Notable Specialists: Russell M. Nelson, Article text
He spent the next twenty-nine years working in the field of cardiothoracic surgery.
View the Source Robert S. Poston (source article)
Notable Specialists: Robert S. Poston, Lead sentence [specialist-in]Quote, Notable Specialists: Robert S. Poston, Lead sentence [specialist-in]
nationally recognized for his work in robot-assisted cardiothoracic surgery
View the Source Edward Delos Churchill (source article)
Notable Specialists: Edward Delos Churchill, Article body [specialist-in]Quote, Notable Specialists: Edward Delos Churchill, Article body [specialist-in]
known for his work in thoracic surgery
View the Source Axel Haverich (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Axel Haverich, BiographyQuote, Notable Specialists: Axel Haverich, Biography
medical director of Cardiac, Thoracic, Transplant and Vascular Surgery
View the Source Alexander Alexandrovich Vishnevsky (source article)
Notable Specialists: Alexander Alexandrovich Vishnevsky, Lead paragraph, profession [specialist-in 2]Quote, Notable Specialists: Alexander Alexandrovich Vishnevsky, Lead paragraph, profession [specialist-in 2]
first conducted a cardiac surgery under the local anesthesia
View the Source Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng (source article)
Notable Specialists: Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng, Early life and educationQuote, Notable Specialists: Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng, Early life and education
specialised in cardiothoracic surgery at Hannover Medical School
View the Source Charles A. Hufnagel (source article)
Notable Specialists: Charles A. Hufnagel, Lead sentence [in-group]Quote, Notable Specialists: Charles A. Hufnagel, Lead sentence [in-group]
was an American surgeon who invented the first artificial heart valve in the early 1950s
View the Source Shanti Gandhi (Wikipedia)
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Indian-born American cardiovascular and thoracic surgeon
View the Source Edward Bove (Wikipedia)
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is an American pediatric cardiac surgeon
View the Source Hugh Bentall (Wikipedia)
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Bentall was Consultant Thoracic Surgeon at Hammersmith Hospital from 1955 to 1985.
View the Source Farrokh Saidi (Wikipedia)
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completed his residency and a fellowship in Cardiac Surgery at Massachusetts General Hospital
View the Source Francisco Romero (surgeon) (Wikipedia)
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became the first successful heart surgeon, on record
View the Source Lawrence H. Cohn (Wikipedia)
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American pioneering cardiac surgeon
View the Source Javad Heyat (source article)
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He performed the first open heart surgery in Iran
View the Source Douglas Robb (surgeon) (Wikipedia)
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became a foremost thoracic surgeon, and a leader in medical education and research.
View the Source Peter Amollo Odhiambo (Wikipedia)
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Kenya's first cardiothoracic surgeon
View the Source Harry Windsor (surgeon) (source article)
Notable Specialists: Harry Windsor (surgeon), After World War II [specialist-in]Quote, Notable Specialists: Harry Windsor (surgeon), After World War II [specialist-in]
Windsor's wartime experiences, turned him towards the specialty of thoracic surgery.
View the Source Forest Dewey Dodrill (Wikipedia)
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He undertook a thoracic surgical residency at the University of Michigan
View the Source Duke Cameron (Wikipedia)
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Duke E. Cameron is an American cardiac surgeon.
View the Source Hermes Grillo (Wikipedia)
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world-famous thoracic surgeon and professor of surgery at Harvard Medical School
View the Source Gerald M. Lawrie (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Gerald M. Lawrie, Lead and career text [specialist-in]Quote, Notable Specialists: Gerald M. Lawrie, Lead and career text [specialist-in]
completed his residency training in thoracic and cardiovascular surgery in Sydney
View the Source William S. Pierce (Wikipedia)
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is an American cardiothoracic surgeon and chemical engineer
View the Source S. W. Harrington (source article)
Notable Specialists: S. W. Harrington, Source articleQuote, Notable Specialists: S. W. Harrington, Source article
Harrington changed his subspeciality from gastrointestinal and urologic surgery to thoracic and breast surgery.
View the Source Peter Allen (physician) (Wikipedia)
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played a leading role in improving cardiac surgery techniques
View the Source G. Michael Deeb (Wikipedia)
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is a Lebanese-American cardiothoracic surgeon
View the Source Maurice Mazel (Wikipedia)
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was a prominent Chicago heart surgeon who founded Edgewater Hospital
View the Source Thomas Thomas (surgeon) (source article)
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the first cardio-thoracic surgeon of Indian citizenship
View the Source Erik Fosse (Wikipedia)
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Fosse is a specialist of general surgery and cardiothoracic surgery.
View the Source Pierre Grondin (Wikipedia)
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Pierre Grondin (August 18, 1925, January 17, 2006), was a Canadian cardiac surgeon known for his contributions to heart transplantation and cardiac surgery.
View the Source Lan Xichun (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Lan Xichun, Lead and career text [specialist-in]Quote, Notable Specialists: Lan Xichun, Lead and career text [specialist-in]
was a surgeon of general surgery and cardio-thoracic surgery
View the Source Christian-Friedrich Vahl (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Christian-Friedrich Vahl, Lead sentence [specialist-in]Quote, Notable Specialists: Christian-Friedrich Vahl, Lead sentence [specialist-in]
He is director of the Clinic for Heart, Thorax and Vascular surgery at the University of Mainz.
View the Source James Hardy (surgeon) (Wikipedia)
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performed the world's first lung transplant into John Russell
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