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In 1944 an unprecedented surgical procedure repaired the heart of a child with blue baby syndrome lack of blood oxygen caused by a congenital defect. This landmark operation opened the way for all types of open heart surgery.The team that developed it included a cardiologist and a surgeon, but most of the actual work was done by Vivien Thomas, an African American lab assistant who was frequently mistaken for a janitor.
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Heart, Surgery, Juvenile literature, Cardiovascular system, Surgeons, Cardiovascular system, juvenile literature, Heart, diseases, JUVENILE NONFICTION / History / United States / 20th Century, JUVENILE NONFICTION / Biography & Autobiography / Science & Technology, JUVENILE NONFICTION / People & Places / United States / African American, JUVENILE NONFICTION / Science & Nature / Anatomy & Physiology, Biography, Heart, juvenile literature, Maryland, Maryland, juvenile literaturePlaces
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Breakthrough!: How Three People Saved "Blue Babies" and Changed Medicine Forever
2019, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company, Clarion Books
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0358094259 9780358094258
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Breakthrough!: how three people saved "blue babies" and changed medicine forever
2015, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company, Clarion Books, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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0547821832 9780547821832
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Breakthrough!: How Three People Saved "Blue Babies" and Changed Medicine Forever
2015, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company
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0547821883 9780547821887
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