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aperture—as big as a half dollar —between the auricles was In fvrtl view. Although her heart kept beating the surgeon found the closing of the opening a rela* tively easy task, since he was working in a “dry field.”
“The machine Is not a cure* all for all heart conditions,” ex* plains Dr. Gibbon. “It will prob* ably be used chiefly on patients born with a deformed heart. It can’t help coronary artery dlt» ease or hearts crippled by dls* eases of old age.”
Many years of ^development and testing preceded actual us# of the heart-lung machine oh an operation.
Your 1954 Heart Fund con* tribution helps to support vital research Into diseases of the heart and blood vessels. Con* tributions should be sent to your Heart Association or simply to “HEART.” care of Post Office.
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