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Garrison-Morton-Norman History of Medicine

COOPER, Theodore (1929 – 1993)

1929 – 1993

1 entries in the GMN corpus.

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1960

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Complete replacement of the mitral valve. Successful clinical application of a flexible polyurethane prosthesis.

BRAUNWALD, Nina Starr (1928 – 1992)
BRAUNWALD, Nina Starr (1928 – 1992) COOPER, Theodore (1929 – 1993) MORROW, Andrew G. (1922 – 1982)

Braunwald was the first woman to perform open heart surgery. She was the first woman surgeon certified by the American Board of Thoracic Surgery, and the first woman elected to the American Association for Thoracic Su…