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First Heart Surgery
there is no real date of when it occured, but it was preformed by Dr. Dwight Harken on a soldier who had shrapnel in his heart -
First Corretive Heart Surgery
it was created to correct mitral stenosis, a vaule that does not open completely, most patients died. preformed by Dr. Charles Bailey -
First Open Heart Surgery
performed on a five year old girl who had a hole in her heart -
Heart-Lung Machine
it took over the need to worry about running out of time because of lack of oxygen to the brain. -
Solution To Stop The Heart
a solution was made by Dr. Dennis Melrose that stopped the heart from beating during surgery -
First Heart Transplant
was sucsessful for 18 days until the patient died of pneumonia, preformed by Dr. Christiaan Barnard -
First Successful Long Term Heart Transplant
Dr. Christiaan Barnard oppreated and the patient lived for nineteen months. -
cyclosporin was discovered
cyclosporin is a fungus that prevents bodies for regecting organ transplnats discovered by Jean-Francois Borel -
Heart Transplant Failures
146 of the 170 heart transplant patients had died casting a grim future on heart transplants -
New Heart Surgery to Repair Over Sized Hearts
Dr. Randas Batista developed a new surgery where surgens cut open the heart and take out a section of the left ventricle to help it be able to pump blood more effectively. there have been mixed results from this kind of surgery.
