death_date fields workplaces birth_date known_for article_title name alma_mater
6 july 1986 pediatric cardiology children 's hospital of philadelphia february 12 , 1922 atrial septostomy william rashkind
 william j. rashkind university of louisville school of medicine
william rashkind

william j. rashkind -lrb- february 12 , 1922 - july 6 , 1986 -rrb- was an american cardiologist .
rashkind worked at the children 's hospital of philadelphia .
he is best known for his contributions to the treatment of congenital heart defects .
he introduced the rashkind balloon atrial septostomy to treat transposition of the great vessels .
