PROBLEMS IN CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY
Authors: J V MALONEY, A BLALOCK
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1954)

Article1 January 1954PROBLEMS IN CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERYJAMES V. MALONEY JR., M.D., ALFRED BLALOCK, M.D.JAMES V. MALONEY JR., M.D.Search for more papers by this author, ALFRED BLALOCK, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-40-1-1 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptUntil relatively recently surgery of the heart and great vessels was limited largely to the suturing of wounds, the drainage of infections, the removal of scar tissue surrounding the heart, and the wiring of aneurysms. Although the treatment of the vast majority of patients with heart disease continues to be nonoperative in nature, there has been a great increase in the volume of cardiovascular surgery in the past decade. The advances are due to the joint efforts of surgeons, cardiologists and physiologists.The surgical therapeutic advances have emphasized the necessity for more accurate diagnosis and for a better understanding of...Bibliography1. Souttar HS: The surgical treatment of mitral stenosis, Brit. M. J. 2: 603, 1925. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar2. Delorme : Sur un traitement chirurgical de la symphyse cardo-pericardique, Bull. et mém. Soc. d. chirurgiens de Paris 24: 918, 1898. Google Scholar3. Blakemore AH: Progressive constrictive occlusion of the abdominal aorta with wiring and electrothermic coagulation; a one-stage operation for arteriosclerotic aneurisms of the abdominal aorta, Ann. Surg. 133: 447, 1951. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar4. Bahnson HT: Definitive treatment of saccular aneurisms of the aorta with excision of sac and aortic suture, Surg., Gynec. and Obst. 96: 383, 1953. MedlineGoogle Scholar5. CooleyDeBakey DAME: Surgical considerations of intrathoracic aneurisms of the aorta and great vessels, Ann. Surg. 135: 660, 1952. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar6. BaileyRedondo-RamirezLarzelere CPHPHB: Surgical treatment of aortic stenosis, J. A. M. A. 150: 1647, 1952. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar7. BaileyBoltonRedondo-Ramirez CPHEHP: Surgery of the mitral valve, S. Clin. North America 32: 1, 1952. Google Scholar8. Hufnagel CA: The surgical correction of aortic regurgitation, Georgetown Bull. 6: 60, 1953. MedlineGoogle Scholar9. TaussigBauersfeld HBSR: Follow-up studies on the first 1,000 patients operated on for pulmonary stenosis or atresia, Ann. Int. Med. 38: 1, 1953. LinkGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: *From the Symposium on Cardiac Surgery presented at the Thirty-Fourth Annual Session of the American College of Physicians, Atlantic City, New Jersey, April 17, 1953.From the Department of Surgery of The Johns Hopkins University and Hospital. Nextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byABERRANT CORONARY ARTERIES: EXPERIENCES IN DIAGNOSIS WITH REPORT OF THREE CASES*W. C. SWANN, M.D., F.A.C.P., S. WERTHAMMER, M.D.Sarcoidosis, with renal involvement 1 January 1954Volume 40, Issue 1Page: 1-10KeywordsAneurysmsCardiac surgeryCardiovascular therapyScarsSurgeonsSurgeryThoracic surgery ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 January 1954 Copyright & PermissionsCopyright, 1954, by The American College of PhysiciansPDF downloadLoading ...