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=History Of Heart Surgery =

In the past surgens used different instruments and technology to preform this type of surgery. "The first historical operation using cross circulation took place on March 26, 1954, [...]" (Cooper). Surgens today still have the heart lung machine, but is more advanced in technology. On May of 1955 a three year old patient used the bubble oxygenator which adds oxygen to the blood if needed.

media type="custom" key="24441768" width="917" height="334" "History of Heart Surgery." //Timetoast//. N.p., n.d. Web. 17 Nov. 2013 Cooper, David K. C., MD. //Open Heart: The Radical Surgeons Who Revolutionized Medicine//. New York: Kaplan Pub., 2010. Print.