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See and hear how open-heart surgery went from fantasy to medical reality. Select your connection speed to see actual surgery footage and hear pioneer surgeon Walt Lillehei discuss the doctors and the methods that made this procedure possible in these clips compiled by projo.com.

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Video	Lillehei on the value of persistence in medical discovery T1 - 56k - 28.8		The value and limitations of hypothermia in surgery T1 - 56k - 28.8
	The history of cardiac surgery T1 - 56k - 28.8		How the bubble oxygenator changed open-heart surgery T1 - 56k - 28.8
	Repairing Epstein's Anomaly T1 - 56k - 28.8		Lillehei on surgical pioneer John Gibbon T1 - 56k - 28.8
	Repairing atrial septal defect (ASD) T1 - 56k - 28.8		Repairing ventricular septal defect (VSD) T1 - 56k - 28.8
	Lillehei on a life dedicated to open-heart surgery T1 - 56k - 28.8 To view these clips, you will need the Real Video Player Get the player	Audio	Excerpts from presentation at UMinn 4/98. Lillehei on: John Lewis Heart/lung machine Drs. Dennis & Gibbon Cross circulation Bubble oxygenation Success and failure Valve development