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First Heart Surgery
There is no real date to when it happened, but it happened when Dr. Dwight Harken operated on a soldier with shrapnel in his heart. -
First corretive heart surgery
it was created to correct mitral stenosis, a vaule that does not open completely, most patients died. preformed by Dr. Charles Bailey -
First Open Heart Surgery
It was Performed on a 5-year old girl that had a hole in her heart. -
Heart-Lung Machine
Doctors were relieved because of this machine because it got rid of the problem of having the patient not having enough oxygen for their brain. -
Solution to stop the heart
This solution created by Dr. Dennis Melrose stopped the heart from beating during surgery. -
First Heart Transplant
The patient live for 18 more days until dying, it was performed by Dr. Christiaan Barnard. -
First Successful Long Term Heart Transplant
Once again done by Dr. Christiaan Barnard. The patient lived for 19 months after. -
Cyclosporin Discovered
Cyclosporin is a fungus that prevented bodies from rejecting organ transplants. -
Failed Heart Transplants
146 of 170 heart transplant patients died. -
First Surgery To Fix Over Size Hearts
Created by Dr. Randas Batista. It would improve efficiency of the heart.