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René Favaloro

Rene Favaloro was an Argentine cardiac surgeon known for advancing coronary artery bypass surgery at the Cleveland Clini...

Pioneer Cardiac Argentinian Bypass

9.6 Brilliant

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Walton Lillehei

Walton Lillehei was an American cardiac surgeon who helped make open-heart operations for congenital defects possible. A...

American Pioneer Cardiac Pediatric

9.5 Brilliant

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John Kirklin

John Kirklin was an American cardiac surgeon who helped establish reliable open-heart surgery using mechanical cardiopul...

American Pioneer Cardiac Mayo Clinic

9.5 Brilliant

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Andreas Grüntzig

Andreas Gruntzig was a German-born physician who worked in Switzerland and helped found modern interventional cardiology...

Swiss Pioneer Cardiac Angioplasty

9.2 Excellent

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Albert Starr

Albert Starr is an American cardiac surgeon who worked with engineer Lowell Edwards to develop the Starr-Edwards prosthe...

American Pioneer Cardiac Valve

9.1 Excellent

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Francis Fontan

Francis Fontan was a French cardiac surgeon who developed an operation for patients born with a single effective pumping...

French Pioneer Cardiac Pediatric

9.1 Excellent

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Aldo Castañeda

Aldo Castaneda was a Guatemalan-born cardiac surgeon known for advancing operations for congenital heart disease in infa...

Pioneer Cardiac Pediatric Guatemalan American

9.1 Excellent

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Donald Ross

Donald Ross (1922-2014) was a South African-born British cardiac surgeon known for innovations in heart-valve surgery. I...

Pioneer Cardiac British Valve

8.8 Great

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Clarence Crafoord

Clarence Crafoord (1899-1984) was a Swedish surgeon who contributed to the emergence of cardiac and thoracic surgery. In...

Pioneer Cardiac Swedish Coarctation

8.8 Great

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Åke Senning

Åke Senning (1915-2000) was a Swedish cardiac surgeon whose work addressed both abnormal heart rhythms and congenital he...

Pioneer Cardiac Pacemaker Swedish

8.8 Great

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Brian Barratt-Boyes

Brian Barratt-Boyes (1924-2006) was a New Zealand cardiac surgeon who helped establish open-heart surgery at Green Lane...

New Zealand Pioneer Cardiac Valve

8.8 Great

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Mason Sones

F. Mason Sones Jr. (1918-1985) was an American physician and cardiologist at the Cleveland Clinic who established select...

American Pioneer Cardiac Coronary

8.8 Great

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Philippe Mouret

Philippe Mouret (1938-2008) was a French surgeon associated with the early development of laparoscopic abdominal surgery...

French General Pioneer Laparoscopy

8.7 Great

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Emile Letournel

Emile Letournel was a French orthopedic surgeon whose work established a systematic approach to fractures of the acetabu...

French Orthopedic Pioneer Fracture

8.7 Great

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Michel Mirowski

Michel Mirowski (1924-1990) was a Polish-born physician who helped develop the implantable cardioverter-defibrillator, a...

Pioneer Cardiac Defibrillator Polish American

8.7 Great

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Dwight Harken

Dwight Harken was an American cardiac surgeon known for advances made during and after the Second World War. While treat...

American Wwii Pioneer Cardiac

8.6 Great

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Richard Lower

Richard Lower was an American cardiac surgeon who worked with Norman Shumway at Stanford University on the experimental...

American Pioneer Cardiac Heart

8.6 Great

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René Leriche

René Leriche was a French surgeon whose work influenced vascular surgery and the medical understanding of pain. He descr...

French Pioneer Vascular Arterial

8.5 Great

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Jean Kunlin

Jean Kunlin was a French vascular surgeon who worked with René Leriche and made a foundational contribution to arterial...

French Pioneer Vascular Bypass Graft

8.5 Great

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Rene Leriche

Rene Leriche (1879-1955) was a French surgeon whose work addressed vascular disease, pain, and the physiological effects...

French Pioneer Vascular Arterial

8.5 Great