Here, find a fascinating collection of first descriptions in congenital heart disease.
Surgical procedures
1945, JAMA – Blalock-Taussig
1946, JAMA – Potts
1953, Surgery, Gynecology and Obstetrics – Gross’ surgical closure of interauricular septal defects using atrial well
1954, Surgery – Mustard
1956, Surg, Gyn Obstetrics – Baffes
1958, NEJM – Glenn
1959, Surgery – Senning
1966, JAMA – Rashkind
1967, Lancet – Ross
1968, Thorax – Bentall
1968, Circulation – Rastelli repair of CAVC
1969, Circulation – Rastelli
1971, Thorax – Fontan
1975, Ann Thor Surg – Stansel
1975, Ann Thor Surg – Damus
1975, Arq Bras Cardiol – Jatene
1975, JTCVS – Konno
1979, JTCVS – Manouguian
1979, Circulation – Biventricular repair of tetralogy of Fallot
1981, JTCVS – Lecompte
1983, NEJM – Norwood
1984, Ann Thor Surg – Warden
1984, JTCVS – Nikaidoh
1991, JTCVS – Starnes
2003, JTCVS – Sano
2011, Int Thor Cardiovasc Surg – Ozaki
Clinical syndromes
1824, Trans Med Chir Soc Edinbur – Holmes heart
1866, Arch Anatom Physiol – Ebsteins
1888, Marseille Medical – Fallot
1930, Ann Noninvasive EP – Wolff, Parkinson, White
1948, Am Heart J – Taussig Bing
1958, Surg, Gynecol, Obstetrics – Cantrell
1963, Am J Cardiol – Shone
Physiologic concepts
1872, Arbeiten aus der Physiologischen Anstalt zu Leipzig – Bowditch (contractility increases with heart rate)
1914, J Physiol – Starling (contractility increases with preload)
1924, J Physiol – Anrep (contractility increases with afterload)
1955, Physiologic Reviews – Guyton (venous return curves)
1963, J App Physiol – West (zones of ventilation/perfusion)
A list of successful firsts
1902, Lancet – First surgical treatment of mitral stenosis
1902 – First descriptions of suturing of the heart
1935, Ann Sure e- First coronary artery bypass graft
1939, JAMA – First ligation of a PDA (Boston)
1947, JAMA – First defibrillation
1952 – First on-bypass closure of ASD
1953 – First cardioplegia
1953, BMJ – First pulmonary valvulotomy for PS
1953 – Gibbon’s first mechanical heart and lung apparatus
1960, JAMA – Lillehei’s first pacemaker for treatment of atrioventricular dissociation
1967, JAMA – Barnard’s first cardiac transplant
1971, Circulation – First circulatory arrest in neonates
1979, NEJM – First coronary angioplasty
1982, NEJM – First heart-lung transplant
Miscellaneous
1969, AATS – Histologic effects of valvular heterografts
1983, AATS – Complement and CPB