The First Repair of Cor Triatriatum Robroy H. MacIver, MD, Sharon B. Larson, MD, James H. Moller, MD, Sara J. Shumway, MD The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 102, Issue 3, Pages 1023-1026 (September 2016) DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2016.04.010 Copyright © 2016 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 1 Correspondence of F. John Lewis to Dr Owen Wangensteen obtaining more cases for open heart surgery and prediction of repairing other congenital heart defects. (Image courtesy of the University of Minnesota Archives.) The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2016 102, 1023-1026DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2016.04.010) Copyright © 2016 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 2 Drs Richard L. Varco and F. John Lewis (right) standing behind the cooling equipment used to induce hypothermia during open heart surgery. (Image courtesy of the University of Minnesota Archives.) The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2016 102, 1023-1026DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2016.04.010) Copyright © 2016 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 3 Discharge summary letter from Dr Owen Wangensteen to patient’s primary care physician. (Image courtesy of the University of Minnesota Archives.) The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2016 102, 1023-1026DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2016.04.010) Copyright © 2016 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 4 Specimen removed at surgery in 1964. Excised diaphragm divided the left atrium and caused cor triatriatum. The two small holes provided the only communication between the pulmonary veins and mitral valve. The superior hole was the residual of the original incision in 1955. (Image courtesy of Jorgensen et al, Cor triatriatum: review of the surgical aspects with a follow-up report on the first patient successfully treated with surgery. Circulation 1967;36:103.) The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2016 102, 1023-1026DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2016.04.010) Copyright © 2016 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions