Pediatric cardiac surgery: an historical appreciation.
Many of the early, classic pediatric cardiac surgical operations were named after their originators. Some of these continue to be performed in the original form, many in modified form and some are obsolete. The development of many of these important early operations is reviewed and they are placed in the context of their times.
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Victor C
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Department of Anesthesiology, University of Virginia Medical Center, Charlottesville, VA 22908-0710, USA. vbaum@virginia.edu
D000758:Anesthesia / Q000266:history; D000818:Animals; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000266:history*; D004285:Dogs; D004850:Eponyms; D005260:Female; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000266:history* / Q000601:surgery; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010372:Pediatrics / Q000266:history*; D014481:United States