This early case series demonstrates that open heart surgery under general hypothermia is feasible for repairing structural defects, provided circulatory occlusion is limited to 8 minutes and temperature is maintained between 29 and 32 C.
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Early case series mortality warrants caution with general hypothermia; leaves open need for controlled validation of occlusion limits.
Henry Swan (1956) studied this question.
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