Diffusionsstörungen in den Lungen bei alten Insuffizienzen des linken Herzens und bei der Mitralstenose nebst einigen Bemerkungen zur Operation der Mitralfehler

60 Years - and Still Counting

“…Already in the third issue of "Thoraxchirurgie" the heart had entered the scene, 5 and by the end of its first year, the journal had published several rather comprehensive articles dealing with a variety of cardiac pathologies, both congenital and acquired. [6][7][8] It should be remembered that on May 6th of the same year John H. Gibbon had performed the first successful ASD closure with the help of a heartlung-machine in Philadelphia. Cardiac surgery was here to stay.…”