Dr C Walton Lillehei performed the world’s first open-heart operation using cross-circulation

On Mar. 26, 1954, Dr. C. Walton Lillehei at the University of Minnesota performed the world’s first open-heart operation using cross-circulation. Dr. C. Walton Lillehei is now known as the “Father of Open-Heart Surgery.”

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Source: Lillehei Heart Institute, University of Minnesota
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