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Fifty years of cardiac and pulmonary surgery 1942-1993. The beginning of open heart surgery of postoperative intensive care. The first complete left heart catheterization. Mechanical heart valves.
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Scand. J. Thorac. Cardiovasc. Surg. Suppl., 42, 1-96. 1994 CE.
Björk may be most remembered for the Bjork-Shiley artificial heart valve.
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| Catalog Metadata | Reference Information |
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| Entry Number | #12335 |
| Permanent Link | https://staging.historyofmedicine.com/entry/14559 |
| Author Bio Link | Wikipedia ↗ |
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