Clarence Crafoord

Clarence Crafoord
Clarence Crafoord
Born	1899 (1899)
Died	1984 (1985)
Nationality	Sweden
Known for	repair of aortic coarctation
Scientific career
Fields	surgery

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.

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=, |laysummary=, and |laysource= (help); Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help); Unknown parameter |month= 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: |laysummary=, |laydate=, and |laysource= (help); Unknown parameter |month= 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=, |laysummary=, and |laysource= (help); Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help); Unknown parameter |month= 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. doi:10.1016/0003-4975(92)90676-U. ISSN 0003-4975. PMID 1417305. {{cite journal}}: Check date values in: |year= (help); Cite has empty unknown parameters: |laysummary=, |laydate=, and |laysource= (help); Unknown parameter |month= 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: |laysummary=, |laydate=, and |laysource= (help); Unknown parameter |month= 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: |laysummary=, |laydate=, and |laysource= (help); Unknown parameter |month= 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: |laysummary=, |laydate=, and |laysource= (help); Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)