Alfred Blalock was an American surgeon most noted for his work on the medical condition of shock and on tetralogy of Fallot, commonly known as blue baby syndrome. With research and laboratory assistant Vivien Thomas and pediatric cardiologist Helen Taussig, he created the Blalock-Thomas-Taussig shunt, a surgical procedure that ushered in the modern era of neonatal cardiac surgery.
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Alfred Blalock developed the Blalock-Taussig shunt, pioneering cardiac surgery.
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Alfred Blalock was an American surgeon most noted for his work on the medical condition of shock as well as tetralogy of Fallot, commonly known as blue baby syndrome. He created, with assistance from his research and laboratory assistant Vivien Thomas and pediatric cardiologist Helen Taussig, the Blalock-Thomas-Taussig shunt, a surgical procedure to relieve the cyanosis from tetralogy of Fallot. This operation ushered in the modern era of neonatal cardiac surgery.
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Born: 1899-04-05
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Born: 1899-04-05
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Died: 1964-09-15
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Died: 1964-09-15
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Who helped Alfred Blalock create the operation for blue baby syndrome?
Vivien Thomas and Helen Taussig helped him create the Blalock-Thomas-Taussig shunt.
Blalock created the Blalock-Thomas-Taussig shunt with assistance from his research and laboratory assistant Vivien Thomas and pediatric cardiologist Helen Taussig. The surgical procedure relieves the cyanosis from tetralogy of Fallot, commonly known as blue baby syndrome, and ushered in the modern era of neonatal cardiac surgery.
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