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SPECIAL ARTICLE • Braz. J. Cardiovasc. Surg. 38 (5) • 2023 • https://doi.org/10.21470/1678-9741-2022-0372   copy

Pioneer of Cardiothoracic Surgery - Joaquim Cavalcanti

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ABSTRACT

Joaquim de Souza Cavalcanti was a pioneer among us - the Brazilian State of Pernambuco and North-Northeast region - in cardiac surgery in its initial phase (Blalock-Taussig surgery and mitral valvulotomy), in thoracic surgery (pneumectomy, lung lobectomy and segmentectomy, lung decortication, and mediastinal tumor resection), and in numerous techniques and operative tactics in general surgery.

Keywords:
History of Medicine; Cardiac Surgery; Biography; Thoracic Surgery; Brazil

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