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First Report of Heart-Lung Bypass

Description -- The first report in scientific literature of heart-lung bypass was printed in Mayo's world-renowned medical journal, Proceedings.

This artifact appears with the following stories:

Surgery in 1955 - The Linda Stout Story
Linda Stout was just 5 years old when she became the second person in the world to have open-heart surgery with a heart-lung bypass machine.

Milestones in Cardiac Surgery
Mayo Clinic heart surgeons have set the standard for innovation in cardiovascular surgery for decades.

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