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Episode 63 - The Heart Lung Bypass Machine
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Length:
15 minutes
Released:
Mar 25, 2018
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Podcast episode
Description
The heart lung bypass machine replaces the functions of the heart and lungs, allowing surgeons to operate on the heart. Its invention essentially created the specialty of cardiac surgery. Surgeon John Heysham Gibbon Jr. dedicated much of his career to developing this machine. This is that story.
Released:
Mar 25, 2018
Format:
Podcast episode
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