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Man's first steps in cardiology
In 1706 Raymond de Vieussens, a French anatomy professor, first described the structure of the heart's chambers and vessels. -
1896 first ligature
This marked the point at which people learned and widely used a necessary method in almost all cardiac surgeries. -
The specialization of cardiology
Shortly after the creation of the electrocardiograph, cardiology blew up in the medical field. It was a important and new field of medicine that just so happened to spark people up with a new breakthrough. This created the start of a need for a higher level of knowledge for cardiac surgeons. -
the first look into the heart
1903 Willem Einthoven, a Dutch physiologist, develops the electrocardiograph. -
The mystery of clesterol
In St. Petersburg, Russia, in 1908, Ignatowski observed a possible relation between cholesterol rich foods and experimental atherosclerosis. This started the study of cholesterol and its possitive and neggitive effrects on people. -
Finding the problems
1912 James B. Herrick, an American physician, first describes heart disease resulting from hardening of the arteries. -
new tecneques
(1914-1987), Canadian surgeon who devised a operatioin known as the "Mustard Operation" to correct a complecated inborn deffect in "blue babies" in which the arteries and veins to and from the heart are switched so that they link up with the wrong heart chambers. -
The first surgeries
1938 Robert E. Gross, an American surgeon, performs first heart surgery. This launched the cardiac community into a new era of hope. letting doctors see how patients can be cured instead of treated. -
The start of cardiac surgery
1952 F. John Lewis, an American surgeon, performs first successful open heart surgery. this informationo and tecneqie later went on to be used by doctors every where. -
The first pacemaker
in 1952 Paul Zoll a cardiologist at Beth Israel Hospital, developed the first external pacemaker. This marked some of the first steps into modern day cardiology by providing a vital tool in modern times to make sure hearts keep beating, the pace maker. -
The first dialysis
1953 John H. Gibbon, an American surgeon, first uses a mechanical heart and blood purifier. This not only aloud bypass to become safer and more effiencent, but it enabled the start for the treatment of kidney failure. -
Radiology
In 1958, Interventional Radiologist, Dr. Charles Dotter began working on methods to visualize the coronary anatomy via sequential radiographic films. -
Finding the cures we still use today
The use of a balloon-tipped catheter for the treatment of atherosclerotic vascular disease was first described in 1964 by two radiologists, Charles Dotter and Melvin Judkins, -
The start of transplants
1967 Christiaan Barnard, a South African surgeon, performs the first whole heart transplant from one person to another. -
cardiac drugs
first statin inhibitor was descovered by Akira Endo of Sankyo Pharmaceuticals in 1976. this meicine was able to treat heart conditions of a large varaition. -
finding the solutions
1982 Willem DeVries, an American surgeon, implants a permanent artificial heart, designed by Robert Jarvik, an American physician, into a patient. This set up a hole new approch in the medical feild of replacing the heart instead of fixing it. -
Salary
The average rage salary is 450,00 annually -
Education
A medical degree is required as well as 2 years of extinsive rounds with supervisio
