TY - JOUR
T1 - Revisiting the Baffes operation
T2 - Its role in transposition of the great arteries
AU - Mavroudis, Constantine
AU - Backer, Carl L
AU - Siegel, Allison
AU - Gevitz, Melanie
PY - 2014/1/1
Y1 - 2014/1/1
N2 - Thomas Baffes developed one of the first operations for transposition of the great arteries directing inferior vena cava flow to the left atrium using an interposed homograft in the era before open heart surgery. He performed 117 Baffes operations from 1953 to 1960, with 30% overall mortality, and an additional 85 Baffes procedures before 1968, allowing many to survive until the atrial baffle operations. During the early days before hospitals had cardiopulmonary bypass machines, Tom Baffes and colleagues purchased a heart-lung machine and transported it to various Chicago hospitals to treat patients and stimulate interest in this emerging technology.
AB - Thomas Baffes developed one of the first operations for transposition of the great arteries directing inferior vena cava flow to the left atrium using an interposed homograft in the era before open heart surgery. He performed 117 Baffes operations from 1953 to 1960, with 30% overall mortality, and an additional 85 Baffes procedures before 1968, allowing many to survive until the atrial baffle operations. During the early days before hospitals had cardiopulmonary bypass machines, Tom Baffes and colleagues purchased a heart-lung machine and transported it to various Chicago hospitals to treat patients and stimulate interest in this emerging technology.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2013.07.131
DO - 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2013.07.131
M3 - Article
C2 - 24384201
AN - SCOPUS:84891595684
SN - 0003-4975
VL - 97
SP - 373
EP - 377
JO - Annals of Thoracic Surgery
JF - Annals of Thoracic Surgery
IS - 1
ER -