title: [C. Walton Lillehei and the epic of open heart surgery].
abstract: C. Walton Lillehei (1918-1999) from the Surgery Department of the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis (MN, USA), was the precursor of open heart surgery. He successively introduced heart-lung machine, intracardiac repairs, pacemaker, and mechanical cardiac valves.
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authors.lastname: Thevenet
mesh_terms: D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000266:history*; D006350:Heart Valve Prosthesis / Q000266:history*; D006355:Heart-Lung Machine / Q000266:history*; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D010138:Pacemaker, Artificial / Q000266:history; D014481:United States