[Dr. S.M. Kropveld; the beginning of Dutch heart surgery].
The first successful cardiac operation in The Netherlands (ligature of a patent ductus arteriosus) was performed in the Central Jewish Hospital at Amsterdam by the Jewish surgeon dr.S.M. Kropveld in August 1941. Due to the German occupation this milestone in the history of Dutch medicine was not published in the usual manner.
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Dr.S.M. Kropveld; het begin van de Nederlandse hartchirurgie.