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F. John Lewis
American cardiologist · Doctors · Lived 1916 to 1993 · aged 76
Floyd John Lewis was an American surgeon who performed the first successful open heart operation, closing an atrial septal defect in a 5-year-old girl, on 2 September 1952. For the next 3 years, Lewis and colleagues operated on 60 patients with atrial septal defects using hypothermia and inflow occlusion.
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He was best friends with C. Walton Lillehei and they worked together at the University of Minnesota.
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Category
Doctors
Type
Doctor
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1916 to 1993 · aged 76