Clarence Crafoord

Clarence Crafoord
Born	1899
Died	1983
Nationality	Sweden
Known for	repair of aortic coarctation
Scientific career
Fields	surgery

Clarence Crafoord (1899 – 1983)performed the first successful repair of aortic coarctation On October 19, 1944, . The operation was done a year before Robert Gross did his first case (he is often claimed to have been the first). In fact, Gross had read Crafoord's report before he performed his own first operation. Crafoord's achievement was not an isolated event. In the late 1920s he had performed two successful pulmonary embolectomies, in the 1930s he introduced heparin as thrombosis prophylaxis, and in the 1940s he pioneered mechanical positive-pressure ventilation during thoracic operations and worked out a safe and precise technique for pneumonectomy. During the 1950s a string of innovative surgical procedures were done at his unit in Stockholm. These included the second successful case of cardiopulmonary bypass in the world, the first case of atrial repair of transposition of the great arteries, endarterectomy of the left coronary artery, and the first implantation of a pacemaker into a human.

References

• Kvitting, John-Peder Escobar (2009). "Clarence Crafoord: a giant in cardiothoracic surgery, the first to repair aortic coarctation". Ann. Thorac. Surg. 87 (1). Netherlands: 342–6. doi:10.1016/j.athoracsur.2008.08.072. PMID 19101336. {{cite journal}}: Check date values in: |year= (help); Cite has empty unknown parameters: |laydate=, |laysource=, and |laysummary= (help); Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help); Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help); Unknown parameter |quotes= ignored (help)
• Werkö, L (1999). "[Clarence Crafoord was very interested in cooperation with colleagues working in other specialties]". Lakartidningen. 96 (26–27). Sweden: 3154. ISSN 0023-7205. PMID 10423971. {{cite journal}}: Check date values in: |year= (help); Cite has empty unknown parameters: |laydate=, |laysource=, and |laysummary= (help); Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help); Unknown parameter |quotes= ignored (help)
• Crafoord, J (1999). "[Clarence Crafoord--one of the great pioneer surgeons of the century]". Lakartidningen. 96 (21). Sweden: 2627–32, 2634–7. ISSN 0023-7205. PMID 10388287. {{cite journal}}: Check date values in: |year= (help); Cite has empty unknown parameters: |laydate=, |laysource=, and |laysummary= (help); Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help); Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help); Unknown parameter |quotes= ignored (help)
• Chitwood, W R (1992). "Clarence Crafoord and the first successful resection of a cardiac myxoma". Ann. Thorac. Surg. 54 (5). UNITED STATES: 997–8. ISSN 0003-4975. PMID 1417305. {{cite journal}}: Check date values in: |year= (help); Cite has empty unknown parameters: |laydate=, |laysource=, and |laysummary= (help); Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help); Unknown parameter |quotes= ignored (help)
• BREA, M M (1958). "[Notes on the visit of Professor C. Crafoord.]". El Día médico. 30 (95): 3283 passim. ISSN 0012-1762. PMID 13630161. {{cite journal}}: Check date values in: |year= (help); Cite has empty unknown parameters: |laydate=, |laysource=, and |laysummary= (help); Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help); Unknown parameter |quotes= ignored (help)
• CARVALHAO, H M (1951). "[Prof. Clarence Crafoord at Coimbra.]". Jornal do médico. 17 (433): 804–7. ISSN 0021-7573. PMID 14907241. {{cite journal}}: Check date values in: |year= (help); Cite has empty unknown parameters: |laydate=, |laysource=, and |laysummary= (help); Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help); Unknown parameter |quotes= ignored (help)
• BERNHOLM, B (1950). "[Recollections of the surgeon Crafoord.]". Imprensa médica. 26 (442): 92–5. PMID 14813796. {{cite journal}}: Check date values in: |year= (help); Cite has empty unknown parameters: |laydate=, |laysource=, and |laysummary= (help); Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help); Unknown parameter |quotes= ignored (help)