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Open Heart Surgery
Dr. John Kirklin helped develop one of the first heart bypass machines in 1955, allowing Mayo to become one of the first centers in the world to repair congenital heart defects on a regular basis.
Mayo physicians pioneered the treatment of congenital heart disease. Below are some significant milestones.
1955
Open heart surgery utilizing cardipulmonary bypass begins
at Mayo Clinic
1964
First correction of pulmonary atresia using a conduit at Mayo Clinic
1967
First correction of truncus arteriosus using a homograft at Mayo Clinic
1968
Rastelli operation for TGA-VSD-PS described at Mayo Clinic
1978
First description of two-dimensional echocardiography for diagnosis of
congenital heart disease at Mayo Clinic
1982
New technique for repair of Ebstein's anomaly described at Mayo Clinic
1983
New technique for repair of complex pulmonary atresia with VSD at Mayo
Clinic
New technique for treatment of obstructed extracardiac conduit described at Mayo Clinic
Pediatric Cardiology Subspecialty
Dr. James DuShane helped create the subspecialty of pediatric cardiology as a part of the Board of Pediatrics, allowing specialists to be certified in this new field. More than 70 physicians have been trained in this specialty at Mayo Clinic since 1960.
1985
New surgical approach for treatment of complex coarctation described at
Mayo Clinic
1987
Adult Congenital Heart Disease Clinic established at Mayo Clinic
1992
The hereditary nature of dilated cardiomyopathy is described
1993
Genetic cause of familial supravalvar aortic stenosis reported at Mayo
Clinic
1997
First report of maze procedure (operation to treat atrial fibrillation) for congenital heart disease
1999
The first molecular autopsy identifying a cardiac channel mutation is
reported
2001
New technique for repair of Ebstein anomaly described at Mayo Clinic
2003
Method of reducing blood loss in infants undergoing heart surgery described
at Mayo Clinic
2004
The first prenatal genetic test for long QT syndrome is reported
.
