Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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2878858 | The Annals of Thoracic Surgery | 2010 | 8 Pages |
Abstract
Congenital heart disease began to be a treatable condition when, in 1938, Robert Edward Gross first successfully ligated a persistent ductus arteriosus. This overview traces the historical development from Munro's first idea of how to close a patent ductus, presented in 1907, to the clinical ligation or division of the ductus. Surgical treatment of the infected ductus began with an unsuccessful attempt by Strieder, but it was not until Tubbs' and Touroff's successful operations that it was actually accomplished.
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Authors
Vladimir V. MD, PhD, Wolfgang ECCP,