Suturing of Penetrating Wounds to the Heart in the Nineteenth Century: The Beginnings of Heart Surgery Vladimir Alexi-Meskishvili, MD, PhD, Wolfgang Böttcher, ECCP The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 92, Issue 5, Pages 1926-1931 (November 2011) DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2011.07.056 Copyright © 2011 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 1 Axel Hermansen Cappelen. Reproduced by kind permission of Kjetil Søreide, MD, PhD, Stavanger University Hospital, Stavanger, Norway. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2011 92, 1926-1931DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2011.07.056) Copyright © 2011 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 2 Title page of an article containing the first report of a heart suture by Axel Hermansen Cappelen [18]. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2011 92, 1926-1931DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2011.07.056) Copyright © 2011 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 3 Ludwig Rehn (from the authors' collection). The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2011 92, 1926-1931DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2011.07.056) Copyright © 2011 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 4 Title page of the first report of successful heart suture performed by Ludwig Rehn [23] (from the authors' collection). The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2011 92, 1926-1931DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2011.07.056) Copyright © 2011 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 5 Title page of an article reporting the first successful suture of the left ventricle by Antonio Parrozzani [24]. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2011 92, 1926-1931DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2011.07.056) Copyright © 2011 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions