Get Virtual Care
For Businesses
About Us
A member asked:
Who performed the first open heart surgery?
5 doctors weighed in across 2 answers
Not enough info: Open heart surgery may simply refer to an exposed heart in the chest. The surgery itself may be as simple as a biopsy or as complicated as a vessel bypass with valve replacement and aneurysm repair. You may also be referring to the use of cardiopulmonary bypass which allows surgeons to stop the heart and essentially pumps blood to the other vital organs while the heart is repaired.
Answered 3/13/2014
6.1k views
References vary: Daniel hale williams is reported to have performed the first successful open heart surgery in america in chicago in 1893.
Answered 4/26/2015
5.4k views
Related Questions
A member asked:
Who was the first black female doctor to perform a pediatric heart surgery?
A doctor has provided 1 answer
A member asked:
Open heart surgery performed to remove a paraganglioma 3 months ago. Blood pressure has gone up again to high120's/90's w/hr 110's. Possible causes?
4 doctors weighed in across 2 answers
People also searched for:
When was minimally invasive heart surgery performed first?
When was the first heart surgery performed? What did cardiologists do before then?
What to do if i'm worried about an open heart surgery. Are there non invasive ways of performing such operations?
Who performed the first heart bypass surgery?
When was the first successful heart bypass surgery performed?
Didn't find what you're looking for?
90,000 U.S. doctors in 147 specialties are here to answer your questions or offer you advice, prescriptions, and more.
Ask your questionMore of what we treat
Download HealthTap
Video visit and message your doctor
