# Clarence Crafoord

> Clarence Crafoord was a Swedish cardiovascular surgeon, best known for performing the first successful repair of aortic coarctation on 19 October 1944, one year before Robert E. Gross.
Crafoord also introduced heparin as thrombosis prophylaxis in the 1930s and he pioneered mechanical positive-pressure ventilation during thoracic operations in the 1940s.

*Swedish surgeon*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Doctor ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631))
- **Category:** Doctors
- **Country:** Sweden
- **Born:** 1899-05-28
- **Died:** 1984-02-25
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Clarence Crafoord was a Swedish cardiovascular surgeon, best known for performing the first successful repair of aortic coarctation on 19 October 1944, one year before Robert E. Gross.
Crafoord also introduced heparin as thrombosis prophylaxis in the 1930s and he pioneered mechanical positive-pressure ventilation during thoracic operations in the 1940s.

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 42.3 / 100
- **Momentum:** 9.6 / 100  (trend: RISING)
- **Historical depth:** 5.0 / 100
- **Attention shift:** 52.8 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 30.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 70.0 / 100

## Timeline
- **1984** - Died
- **1962** - Canada Gairdner International Award
- **1958** - Doctor Honoris Causa from the University of Aix-Marseille
- **1958** - Honorary Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons
- **1950** - Doctor Honoris Causa from the University of Paris
- **1949** - Doctor Honoris Causa from the University of Grenoble
- **1946** - The KTH Great Prize
- **1899** - Born

## Sources
- [Clarence Crafoord](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clarence_Crafoord)
- [Clarence Crafoord](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clarence_Crafoord)
- [Clarence Crafoord](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clarence_Crafoord)
- [Clarence Crafoord](https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clarence_Crafoord)
- [Clarence Crafoord (kirurg)](https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clarence_Crafoord_(kirurg))
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2975553)

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