Surgical Approach to Congenital Cardiovascular Defects

Abstract

PROGRESS in the treatment of congenital cardiovascular defects has been so extensive and spectacular during the past decade that considerable interest has been focused on the entire field of cardiac surgery. In attempting a survey of the surgical approach to the special subdivision of congenital cardiac anomalies, it seems desirable to make a brief review of the older — as well as the new — aspects of general cardiac surgery to evaluate the recent advances mote clearly.Historical ApproachThe story of the surgery of the heart is one of the most fascinating in all the annals of medicine, although . . .