title: John H. Gibbon, Jr., the inventor of the first successful heart-lung machine.
abstract: May 6th, 2003 marked the 50th anniversary of the first successful use of the heart-lung machine. It was an event that would dramatically change the field of cardiac surgery and the approach to the treatment of cardiac disease. It was also the culmination of years of work of Dr. John H. Gibbon, Jr. We take a look at the life of this remarkable man.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, PA 19107, USA.
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Pastuszko
authors.forename: Richard N
authors.initials: RN
authors.lastname: Edie
mesh_terms: D006355:Heart-Lung Machine / Q000266:history*; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D014481:United States