1951 HUFNAGEL, Charles Anthony (1916 – 1989)
Aortic plastic valvular prosthesis.
Hufnagel designed and inserted the first workable prosthetic heart valve in man.
GMN 3047.2 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/3551
1952 DODRILL, Forest Dewey (1902 – 1997)
Some physiologic aspects of the artificial heart problem.
On July 3, 1952 Dodrill completed the first successful open heart surgery on the left ventricle of Henry Opitek. He used a machine developed by himself and researchers at General Motors, the Dodrill-GMR, considered to…
GMN 859.1 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/749
1952 VOORHEES, Arthur Jr. (1921 – 1992); ET AL
The use of tubes constructed from Vinyon “N” cloth in bridging arterial defects.
Introduction of plastic material to repair arterial defects. Voorhees later abandoned this material in favour of Dacron. With A. Jaretzki and A. W. Blakemore.
GMN 3047.3 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/3556
1955 DEBAKEY, Michael Ellis (1908 – 2008); COOLEY, Denton Arthur (1920 – 2016); MAHAFFEY, D. E.
Total excision of the aortic arch for aneurysm.
Total excision and replacement by polyvinyl sponge (Ivalon) prosthesis.
GMN 2993.2 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/5283
1958 SZILAGYI, D. Emerick (1910 – 2009); ET AL
Clinical use of an elastic Dacron prosthesis.
Arterial prosthesis. With L. C. France, R. F. Smith, and J. G. Whitcomb.
GMN 3047.12 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/3607
1961 STARR, Albert (1926 – ); EDWARDS, Miles Lowell (1898 – 1982)
Mitral replacement: The shielded ball valve prothesis.
On September 21, 1960, Starr successfully inserted a “ball-in-cage” prosthetic valve (the Starr-Edwards heart valve) into a patient’s mitral valve, which was severely diseased as a result of rheumatic fever. This was …
GMN 3047.16 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/3624
1969 COOLEY, Denton Arthur (1920 – 2016); LIOTTA, Domingo Santo (1924 – )
Orthotopic cardiac prosthesis for two-staged cardiac replacement.
The first total artificial heart implant, performed by Colley using a device developed by Liotta on April 4, 1969. The device, known as the Liotta-Cooley artificial heart, was implanted in a 47-year-old patient with s…
GMN 7810 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/9982
1994 BJÖRK, Viking Olov (1918 – 2009)
Fifty years of cardiac and pulmonary surgery 1942-1993. The beginning of open heart surgery of postoperative intensive care. The first complete left heart catheterization. Mechanical heart valves.
Björk may be most remembered for the Bjork-Shiley artificial heart valve.
GMN 12335 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/14559
