60 aniversario de la primera operación a corazón abierto, con corazón - pulmón artificial, exitosa en Chile y Sudamérica / 60th anniversary of the first open heart surgery using extra-corporeal circulation in Chile and South America
Rev. chil. cardiol
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36(2): 158-161, 2017. ilus
Article
in Spanish
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ABSTRACT
On September 4th, 2017 it will be 60 years since Dr. Helmut Jeager performed the first successful open-heart surgery in Chile and South America on a patient with a congenital heart defect. He performed the closure of an ostium secundum type inter atrial septal defect, using The Wall - Lillehei extracor-poreal circuit. Although in most cases this type of surgery has been replaced by closure through inter-ventional catheterism, at that time the operation had big medical and news media impact. For children born with a congenital heart defect, cardiac surgery meant a before and after. Before, children less than one-year old had a limited survival rate, about 30% at one year. Now, thanks to cardiac surgery the survival is close to 95% and in most cases life expectancy is normal or with only few limitations.
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Main subject:
Cardiology
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Cardiopulmonary Bypass
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Child
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Humans
Country/Region as subject:
South America
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Chile
Language:
Spanish
Journal:
Rev. chil. cardiol
Journal subject:
Cardiology
Year:
2017
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Article
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