Baby heart transplant recipient, pre-op, resting in ice basin

Baby heart transplant recipient, pre-op, resting in ice basin

Contributor(s):
Friedman, Harold
Martin, Dennis
Publication:
Produced: 6 December 1967
Language(s):
No linguistic content
Format:
Still image
Subject(s):
Heart Transplantation
Infant
Genre(s):
Archival Materials
Slides (photographs)
Abstract:
Taken during the first U.S. heart transplant at the Maimonides Medical Center, Brooklyn, New York.. Because it was then difficult to use heart-lung bypass machines with very small patients, Kantrowitz used controlled hypothermia--lowering the body temperature well below normal--to slow the metabolism and circulation, thus avoiding tissue and brain damage during the operation. Anesthetized patients were gradually cooled down in ice water prior to the operation, then gradually warmed back to normal afterward.
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Extent:
1 pages
NLM Unique ID:
101584941X64 (See in Profiles in Science)
Profiles in Science ID:
GNBBFF
Permanent Link:
http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101584941X64
Archival Collection:
The Adrian Kantrowitz Papers (Profiles in Science)