The Invention of the Heart-Lung Machine Launches the Era of Open-Heart Surgery
Overview
One of the most important advances in cardiac medicine in the twentieth century was the invention of the heart-l...
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Heart-Lung Machine
The heart-lung machine is an essential component in open-heart surgery. Blood from the veins is shunted via catheter to the machine, which introduces oxygen into the blood and then ...
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Heart-Lung Machine
The heart-lung machine is an essential component in open-heart surgery. Blood from the veins is shunted via catheter to the machine, which introduces oxygen into the blood and then ...
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Congress voted Tuesday to award its highest civilian honor to Dr. Michael E. DeBakey, the heart surgeon who pioneered coronary bypass surgery and other innovations that have changed modern medicine...
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Congress voted Tuesday to award its highest civilian honor to Dr. Michael E. DeBakey, the heart surgeon who pioneered coronary bypass surgery and other innovations that have changed modern medicine...
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Selected editorial excerpts from the Japanese press:
BIZARRE RULING AGAINST NEWSPAPERS (The Japan Times, an
English-language daily)
The Tokyo District Court recently ruled that three new...
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Doctors at a Chiba hospital suspended life-support treatment for
five terminal-stage patients in a six-month period through March, a
senior doctor at the hospital said Friday.
The doctors ...
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Famed heart surgeon Michael DeBakey's immigrant parents taught their children to treasure two things: their education and their American citizenship.DeBakey's academic devotion led him to pioneer n...
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Famed heart surgeon Michael DeBakey's immigrant parents taught their children to treasure two things: their education and their American citizenship.DeBakey's academic devotion led him to pioneer n...
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(EDS: UPDATING WITH CAUSE OF DEATH, 2ND GRAF)
Nagasaki Mayor Itcho Ito died early Wednesday at a hospital
after being shot twice by a gunman Tuesday evening in front of JR
Nagasaki Station, ...
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(EDS: UPDATING WITH MAYOR'S DEATH)
Nagasaki Mayor Itcho Ito died early Wednesday at a hospital
after being shot twice by a gunman Tuesday evening in front of JR
Nagasaki Station, shocking ci...
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(EDS: UPDATING INFO IN 1ST, 14TH, 15TH GRAFS)
Nagasaki Mayor Itcho Ito was shot twice by a gunman Tuesday
evening in front of JR Nagasaki Station and is in a life-threatening
condition, an i...
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(EDS: ADDING INFO AT 6TH, 8-9TH, 12TH GRAFS, CLARIFYING 21ST GRAF)
Nagasaki Mayor Itcho Ito, a key proponent of denuclearization,
died early Wednesday after being shot Tuesday evening by a ga...
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The Invention of the Heart-Lung Machine Launches the Era of Open-Heart Surgery
Heart-Lung Machine
Heart-Lung Machine
Congress awards gold medal to heart surgeon Michael DeBakey
