BECK, Claude Schaeffer (1894 – 1971)

1924 CE

#10592

The surgical treatment of mitral stenosis: Experimental and clinical studies.

The first successful operations on the mitral valves, published in a paper of monograph length. As Surgeon-in-Chief of Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, under whom Beck, Cutler, and Levine worked, Harvey Cushing reported, …

1935 CE

#3034

The development of a new blood supply to the heart by operation.

By implantation of the pectoral muscle into the pericardium, Beck provided a collateral circulation to the heart for the relief of myocardial ischemia. This paper recorded the first operation on a man. It was preceded…

1935 CE

#3035

The production of a collateral circulation to the heart. I. An experimental study.

First cardio-omentopexy.

1947 CE

#2878.1

Ventricular fibrillation of long duration abolished by electric shock.

The first successful defibrillation of a surgical patient, with the chest opened, and the paddles applied directly to the heart. With H.S. Feil.

1949 CE

#4914

Revascularization of the brain through establishment of a cervical arteriovenous fistula. Effects in children with mental retardation and convulsive disorders.

With C. F. McKhann and W. D. Belnap.