American #surgeon who (with pediatric cardiologist Helen B. Taussig) devised a surgical treatment…

American #surgeon who (with pediatric cardiologist Helen B. Taussig) devised a surgical treatment for #infants born with the #BlueBabySyndrome (tetralogy of #Fallot), which consists of a hole in the wall between the heart's two major chambers (ventricles).

Earlier in his career he did pioneering work on the nature and treatment of #hemorrhagic and #traumatic #shock.

He demonstrated that surgical shock resulted primarily from the loss of #blood, and he encouraged the use of plasma or whole-blood #transfusions as treatment following the onset of shock.

By 29 Nov 1944, he made the first operation on a #cyanotic infant with blue-baby syndrome using his procedure, known as the #subclavian-#pulmonary artery anastomosis.

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