HISTORY OF CARDIO PULMONARY BYPASS

The first operation perfomed using cardiopulmonary bypass and open cardiotomy was on
April 5. 1951 by Dr.clarence Dennis at the University of Minnesota. This was following four
years of experiment with dogs.

University of Minnesota
Hospital operating room on September 2, 1952 near the end of the successful operation in
medical history.

Dr. F. John Lewis closed an atrial septal defect under direct visualization using inflow stasis
and moderate total body hypothermia 26 c

In a 5 years old girl who remains alive and well today. Postoperative heart catheterization
confimed a complete closure

THE OPEN HEART ERA IS BRON

1952 . Dr. John Lewis after a period of laboratory research on dogs successfully closed a
secundum ASD in a 5 years old girl under direct vision using inflow stasis and moderate
total body hypothermia

That was the world’s first sussesful operation within the open human heart under direct
vision .

1953: Henry swan at the university of Colorado , carried out his first open heart procedure
using hypothermia .

1959 Charles drew , introduced deep hypothermia;

First sussesful repair of an atrial and ventricular saptal defect under deep hypothermia .

History of cardio pulmonary bypass

The first successful open heart produce on a human using bypass machine was performed
by john gibbon on May 6, 1953 in Philadelphia. The operation was correction of an ASD on
an 18 years old girl