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DOI: 10.1055/s-0044-1779499
Historical Perspective

Milestone Operations in Heart Valve and Aortic Replacement: Anniversaries Worth Remembering

Uberto Bortolotti 
1   Cardiothoracic Department, University Hospital, Udine, Italy
,
Igor Vendramin
1   Cardiothoracic Department, University Hospital, Udine, Italy
,
Aldo D. Milano
2   Division of Cardiac Surgery, University Hospital, Bari, Italy
,
Ugolino Livi
1   Cardiothoracic Department, University Hospital, Udine, Italy
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Abstract

Seventy years ago, in 1952, Charles A. Hufnagel implanted a caged-ball prosthesis into the descending thoracic aorta, to treat a patient with aortic valve insufficiency. In 1962, 60 years ago, the first aortic homograft was implanted in a subcoronary position by Donald N. Ross and Brian G. Barratt-Boyes. Forty years ago, in 1982, the first anticalcification treatment was introduced in commercially manufactured porcine bioprostheses. All such important or even milestone events should be remembered, since they witness efforts made by those who have significantly influenced the clinical history of aortic and valvular diseases.

Keywords

cardiac surgery - aortic surgery - aortic valve replacement - history


Publication History

Received: 18 June 2022

Accepted: 07 April 2023

Article published online:
26 March 2024

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