A Brief History of Cardiothoracic Surgical Critical Care Medicine in the United States
Cardiothoracic surgical intensive care has developed in response to advances in cardiothoracic surgery. The invention of the cardiopulmonary bypass machine facilitated a motionless and bloodless surgical field and made operations of increasing complexity feasible. By the mid-1950s, the first success...
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MDPI AG
2022-12-01
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Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/1648-9144/58/12/1856 |