[First open heart surgery in hypothermia in Croatia performed in 1957].
In Zagreb, at the Surgical Department of University Hospital "Dr Ozren Novosel", today "Merkur" the first operation in hypothermia was performed on October 25th, 1957, on the patient with pulmonary valve stenosis. It allowed total circulatory interruption to do the operation in the open heart successfully, and this was the first such operation not only in Croatia but in the broader context of former Yugoslavia.
Hromadko
Miroslav
M
Akademija medicinskih znanosti Hrvatske.
Fatović-Ferencić
Stella
S
D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000266:history*; D017523:Croatia; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D007036:Hypothermia, Induced / Q000266:history*; D011666:Pulmonary Valve Stenosis / Q000266:history* / Q000601:surgery