The Blalock-Taussig-Thomas CollaborationA Model for Medical Progress
Commentary by Anne M. Murphy, MD;
Duke E. Cameron, MD
JAMA. 2008;300(3):328-330.
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The Surgical Treatment of Malformations of the Heart in Which There Is Pulmonary Stenosis or Pulmonary Atresia
Alfred Blalock, MD; Helen B. Taussig, MD
JAMA. 1945;128(3):189-202
Heretofore there has been no satisfactory treatment for pulmonary stenosis and pulmonary atresia. A "blue" baby with a malformed heart was considered beyond the reach of surgical aid. During the past three months we have operated on 3 children with severe degrees of pulmonary stenosis and each of the patients appears to be greatly benefited. In the second and third cases, in which there was deep persistent cyanosis, the cyanosis has greatly diminished or has disappeared and the general condition of the patients is proportionally improved. The results are sufficiently encouraging to warrant an early report.
The operation here reported and the studies leading thereto were undertaken with the . . . [Full Text of this Article]
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Author Affiliations: The Helen B. Taussig Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics (Dr Murphy), and the Division of Cardiac Surgery, Department of Surgery (Dr Cameron), The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland.
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