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 pumps the blood back into the patient's arteries. With the machine thus...

One of the most important advances in cardiac medicine in the twentieth century was the invention of the heart-lung machine. Scientists knew that delicate heart surgery was impossible without a console to take over the function of the human heart and...

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.DeBakey, known as the father of cardiovascular surgery in the United States, performed his first successful...

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.DeBakey, known as the father of cardiovascular surgery in the United States, performed his first successful...

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 now-common procedures such as bypass surgery and invent a host of devices to help heart patients. Now the country...

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 now-common procedures such as bypass surgery and invent a host of devices to help heart patients. Now the country...