title: Congenital heart surgery in Houston. The early years.
abstract: During the 1950s and 1960s, major advances in medicine significantly influenced the development and application of surgery as treatment for congenital heart disease. The Texas Medical Center in Houston was at the forefront of these pioneering efforts and thus played an important role in the development of the art and science of congenital heart surgery.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Texas Heart Institute, Houston 77030, USA.
authors.forename: T J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Takach
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Ott
mesh_terms: D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000266:history*; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000266:history*; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006776:Hospitals, Pediatric / Q000266:history; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D013781:Texas; D013903:Thoracic Surgery / Q000266:history