Historical Bibliography Updated: February 5, 2020

Application of a mechanical heart and lung apparatus to cardiac surgery.

GIBBON, John Heysham Jr. (1903 – 1973) Wikipedia

Publication Details

Minn. Med., 37, 171-80, 185. 1954 CE.

First pump oxygenator used on humans. Performed on May 6, 1953, this was the first successful intracardiac operation in a patient with the use of total heart-lung bypass.

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Pulmonary & Respiratory
Instruments & Devices

Thematic Classifications

CARDIOVASCULAR (Cardiac) SURGERY INSTRUMENTS & TECHNOLOGIES › Medical Instruments › Heart-Lung Machine

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Entry Number	#3047.5
Permanent Link	https://staging.historyofmedicine.com/entry/3564
Author Bio Link	Wikipedia ↗
External URL	application-of-a-mechanical-heart-and-lung-apparatus-to-cardiac-surgery