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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
2009-8-24
pubmed:abstractText
Between March 26, 1954 and July 19, 1955, C. Walton Lillehei and colleagues operated upon 45 infants and children with previously uncorrectable cardiac anomalies using cross-circulation with a human donor. Late follow-up was obtained in all of the 28 patients discharged after the operation. All of the 20 currently living patients were personally interviewed with regard to their cardiac status. Eight early survivors have died. Three died after repair of a residual cardiac anomaly. Another died 4 months postoperatively from heart failure. The other 4 died 13 to 47 years later: 2 of unknown causes, 1 of pneumonia, and 1 was an accident. Eleven late cardiac operations were performed. Seven were done to correct a residual anomaly. More than 40 years later, 2 patients underwent procedures to correct tricuspid regurgitation. One had a mitral valve procedure, and another underwent coronary artery bypass grafting. Of the current 20 survivors, none is limited from cardiac causes. Considering that these 45 patients represent "the dawn of open-heart surgery," the long-term results are quite remarkable.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
1552-6259
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
88
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1044-6
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:19699962-Adolescent, pubmed-meshheading:19699962-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:19699962-Cause of Death, pubmed-meshheading:19699962-Child, pubmed-meshheading:19699962-Child, Preschool, pubmed-meshheading:19699962-Cross Circulation, pubmed-meshheading:19699962-Extracorporeal Circulation, pubmed-meshheading:19699962-Follow-Up Studies, pubmed-meshheading:19699962-Heart Defects, Congenital, pubmed-meshheading:19699962-History, 20th Century, pubmed-meshheading:19699962-History, 21st Century, pubmed-meshheading:19699962-Hospital Mortality, pubmed-meshheading:19699962-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:19699962-Infant, pubmed-meshheading:19699962-Infant, Newborn, pubmed-meshheading:19699962-Male, pubmed-meshheading:19699962-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:19699962-Minnesota, pubmed-meshheading:19699962-Postoperative Complications, pubmed-meshheading:19699962-Reoperation, pubmed-meshheading:19699962-Retrospective Studies, pubmed-meshheading:19699962-Survival Analysis, pubmed-meshheading:19699962-Survivors, pubmed-meshheading:19699962-Young Adult
pubmed:year
2009
pubmed:articleTitle
The first open-heart repairs using extracorporeal circulation by cross-circulation: a 53-year follow-up.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Pediatrics, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. molle002@umn.edu
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Biography, Historical Article