Born 5 Apr 1899; died 15 Sep 1964 at age 65.
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American #surgeon who (with pediatric cardiologist Helen B. Taussig) devised a surgical treatment for #infants born with the "#BlueBaby" syndrome (#TetralogyofFallot), 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.
