Nationality Sweden Fields Surgery Alma mater Karolinska Institutet | Died February 25, 1984 Name Clarence Crafoord | |
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Known for repair of aortic coarctation Notable awards Gairdner Foundation International Award (1962) Awards Gairdner Foundation International Award | ||
Pioneers in cardiac surgery clarence crafoord
Clarence Crafoord (1899 – 1984) was a Swedish cardiovascular surgeon, best known for performing the first successful repair of aortic coarctation on 19 October 1944, one year before Robert E. Gross.
Crafoord also introduced heparin as thrombosis prophylaxis in the 1930s and he pioneered mechanical positive-pressure ventilation during thoracic operations in the 1940s.
Crafoord was professor of thoracic surgery at Karolinska Institutet from 1948 to 1966.
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