Fifty years of the Slovenian Open Heart Surgery (1958–2008)

Background: The beginnings of the Slovenian open-heart surgery reach back to 1958, when the first heart surgery using ECC was performed. The fiftieth anniversary of this event was the impetus for reviewing its developmental path. Methods: Using history-of-medicine methodology, including analyzing pr...

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Main Authors: Zvonka Zupanč Slavec, Ksenja Slavec
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Slovenian Medical Association 2010-12-01
Series:Zdravniški Vestnik
Online Access:http://vestnik.szd.si/index.php/ZdravVest/article/view/329