Origins of Cardiovascular Surgery at the Mayo Clinic

Arman Arghami, Joseph A. Dearani, Hartzell V. Schaff, Francisco J. Puga, Richard C. Daly

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Abstract

Sixty years ago, at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, an ambitious group of pioneers, led by Dr John W. Kirklin and supported by a multidisciplinary team of physicians and technicians embarked on a planned series of surgical cases using a heart-lung machine to allow direct visualization of the inside of the opened human heart to repair otherwise fatal congenital intracardiac defects. Their success sparked the beginning of a new era of open-heart surgery. In this historical article, we discuss the contributions of a few key figures of this revolution and also share the story of the first successful cardiac surgery operation using cardiopulmonary bypass performed at Mayo Clinic.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)666-673
Number of pages8
JournalSeminars in thoracic and cardiovascular surgery
Volume28
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - Feb 3 2016

Keywords

  • Kirklin
  • Mayo Clinic
  • Mayo heart-lung machine
  • cardiac surgery
  • history

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Surgery
  • Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
  • Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine

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