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J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2004;127:617
© 2004 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery

Editorial

Cross-circulation: A milestone in cardiac surgery

Vincent L. Gott, MDa,*, Norman E. Shumway, MDb

a Division of Cardiac Surgery, The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Md USA
b Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford, Calif USA

Received for publication December 11, 2003; accepted for publication December 15, 2003.

* Address for reprints: Vincent L. Gott, MD, Division of Cardiac Surgery, The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Blalock 618, 600 N Wolfe St, Baltimore, MD 21287-4618, USA
VGOTT@csurg.jhmi.jhu.edu

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Fifty years ago this month, Dr C. Walton Lillehei and his team performed their first repair of a ventricular septal defect (VSD) using cross-circulation. The cover photograph depicts that first operation performed on March 26, 1954. The 1-year-old child shared O+ blood type with his father, who served as the biological oxygenator. Dr Lillehei (wearing a headlight) is standing to the patient's left side; his first assistant is Dr Richard Varco. The child's father is on the adjacent operating room table. Femoral artery and femoral vein cannulas are seen emerging from the father's . . . [Full Text of this Article]






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