title: Fifty years of cardiac and pulmonary surgery 1942-1993. The beginning of open heart surgery of postoperative intensive care. The first complete left heart catheterization. Mechanical heart valves.
authors.forename: V O
authors.initials: VO
authors.lastname: Björk
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization / Q000266:history*; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000266:history*; D003422:Critical Care / Q000266:history; D005060:Europe; D006350:Heart Valve Prosthesis / Q000266:history; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000601:surgery*; D011182:Postoperative Care / Q000266:history; D013548:Sweden; D013903:Thoracic Surgery / Q000266:history; D014481:United States