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Offers historical context for modern cardiac surgery; leaves open questions on evolving mechanical and minimally invasive therapies.
(1994). 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: Part IV. Scandinavian Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery: Vol. 28, No. sup42, pp. 57-75.
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