Open hearts: The origins of direct-vision intracardiac surgery

Texas Heart Institute Journal

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 100-111

  Fedak, Paul W M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b University of Toronto ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

Heart surgery history; History of medicine, 20th century

Indexed keywords

CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CROSS CIRCULATION; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; INDUCED HYPOTHERMIA; OPEN HEART SURGERY; REVIEW;

CANADA; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; HYPOTHERMIA, INDUCED; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031799525     PISSN: 07302347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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