FOLLOW-UP STUDIES ON THE FIRST 1,000 PATIENTS OPERATED ON FOR PULMONARY STENOSIS OR ATRESIA (RESULTS UP TO MARCH, 1952)
Authors: H B TAUSSIG, S R BAUERSFELD
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1953)

Article1 January 1953FOLLOW-UP STUDIES ON THE FIRST 1,000 PATIENTS OPERATED ON FOR PULMONARY STENOSIS OR ATRESIA (RESULTS UP TO MARCH, 1952)HELEN B. TAUSSIG, M.D., S. RICHARD BAUERSFELD, M.D.HELEN B. TAUSSIG, M.D., S. RICHARD BAUERSFELD, M.D.Author, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-38-1-1 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThis report is concerned with the first 1,000 patients operated upon by Dr. Alfred Blalock and his associates for the alleviation of pulmonary stenosis or atresia by a systemic-pulmonic anastomosis. These patients were operated upon between November, 1944, and October, 1950, and have been followed up to March 1, 1952; hence, all of these patients have been followed for at least 18 months and some for more than seven years.As in the previous report,1the results are classified as good, fair, unimproved and died. Agoodresult means that, regardless of the degree of incapacity before operation, cyanosis was...Bibliography1. TaussigKingBauersfeldPadmavati-Iyer HBJTRS: Results of operation for pulmonary stenosis and atresia (report of 1000 cases), Tr. A. Am. Physicians 64: 67, 1951. MedlineGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Baltimore, Maryland*This paper was presented at the Annual Meeting of the American College of Physicians in Cleveland, April, 1952, and has been recently published in a Festschrift volume for Dr. Gustav Nylin in Sweden.†The slight discrepancy between these figures and those reported a year ago is due to the fact that in the analyses of 1,000 patients by different individuals it is inevitable that a few errors crept in. These we have tried to eliminate. Nextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byCross-circulation and the Early Days of Cardiac SurgeryHelen brooke taussig: 1898 to 1986130. Ergebnisse der Blalock-AnastomoseCardiopulmonary function in Fallot's tetralogy after palliative shunting operationsZum Leitsymptom des kontinuierlichen systolo-diastolischen GeräuschesPregnancy in the presence of tetralogy of FallotCORRECTIVE SURGERY FOR TETRALOGY OF FALLOTBLALOCK-TAUSSIG ANASTOMOSIS FOR TETRALOGY OF FALLOT: A TEN-TO-FIFTEEN YEAR FOLLOW-UPKlinische und experimentelle Untersuchungen zur operativen Korrektur der Fallotschen TetralogieCorrective Surgery for Tetralogy of FallotLong-Term Results of Aortic-Pulmonary Anastomosis for Tetralogy of FallotRESULTS OF SURGICAL TREATMENT FOR PULMONARY ATRESIAAngeborene HerzfehlerFallotsche TetralogieAngeborene Herz- und GefäßmißbildungenThe clinical evolution of shunt-operations for morbus caeruleus: Results of 150 operations, in a long-term follow-upSurgery of Pulmonary Valve Stenosis and of Pure Infundibular StenosisStenosis of the Tricuspid ValveThe tetralogy of Fallot in older persons up to the fifth decadeTetralogy of FallotThe Differentiation of the Tetralogy of Fallot From Severe Pulmonary Stenosis With Intact Ventricular Septum and Right-To-Left Interatrial ShuntFive-Year Postoperative Results of First 500 Patients with Blalock-Taussig Anastomosis for Pulmonary Stenosis or AtresiaTHE RATIONALE OF ANASTOMOSIS OF THE RIGHT AURICULAR APPENDAGE TO THE PULMONARY ARTERY IN THE TREATMENT OF TRICUSPID ATRESIAThe Role of Auscultation in the Differentiation of Fallot's Tetralogy from Severe Pulmonary Stenosis with Intact Ventricular Septum and Right-to-Left Interatrial ShuntDiagnosis and Treatment of Congenital Cardiovascular LesionsPROBLEMS IN CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY*JAMES V. MALONEY JR., M.D., ALFRED BLALOCK, M.D.Current pediatric references 1 January 1953Volume 38, Issue 1Page: 1-8KeywordsStenosis ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 January 1953 Copyright & PermissionsCopyright, 1953, by The American College of PhysiciansPDF downloadLoading ...