VARCO, Richard Lynn (1913 – 2004)
1913 – 2004
1 entries in the GMN corpus.
1951 CE
#12229
Development of a pump-oxygenator to replace the heart and lungs: An apparatus applicable to human patients, and application to one case.
DENNIS, Clarence (1909 – 2005) VARCO, Richard Lynn (1913 – 2004)
NELSON, Russell Marion (1924 – ) & et al.
Dennis and colleagues performed the first human cardiac operation with total heart-lung bypass. The patient was a 6-year old girl with a huge atrial septal defect. Though she did not survive, this report encouraged ot…