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Heart-Lung Machine Summary
619 words, approx. 2 pages
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...
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The Invention of the Heart-Lung Machine Launches the Era of Open-Heart Surgery Summary
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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...


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The News & Record (Piedmont Triad, NC)
Machine Buys Time For Heart, Lungs.(life)
02/22/2000: 556 words, approx. 2 pages
Alaysha Victorian rests quietly in an infant hospital bed, surrounded by tubes and blinking metal boxes that signal her vital signs. The most crucial machine performs the work of her heart and lungs. It allows 4-month-old Alaysha - a Toledo, Ohio, baby...
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The Washington Post
Clarence Dennis, 96; Pioneered Surgery With Heart-Lung Machine
07/17/2005: 355 words, approx. 1 pages
Clarence Dennis, 96, who performed the first open-heart surgery that included the use of a heart-lung machine, died July 11 at a hospice in St. Paul, Minn. He had congestive heart failure. Dr. Dennis's research into the heart-lung machine began in the late...
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Congress awards gold medal to heart surgeon Michael DeBakey
10/2/2007: 303 words, approx. 1 pages
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...
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Congress awards gold medal to DeBakey
10/2/2007: 303 words, approx. 1 pages
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...
 


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