Robert H. Goetz: the surgeon who performed the first successful clinical coronary artery bypass operation Igor E Konstantinov, MD The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 69, Issue 6, Pages 1966-1972 (June 2000) DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(00)01264-9
Fig 1 Robert H.Goetz in Bethe’s laboratory in 1932. Courtesy of Dr. Goetz. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2000 69, 1966-1972DOI: (10.1016/S0003-4975(00)01264-9)
Fig 2 Missis and Mister Goetz in Cape Town in December 1937. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2000 69, 1966-1972DOI: (10.1016/S0003-4975(00)01264-9)
Fig 3 Robert H. Goetz with giraffe following cardiac catheterization in 1954. Courtesy of Dr Goetz. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2000 69, 1966-1972DOI: (10.1016/S0003-4975(00)01264-9)
Fig 4 Robert H. Goetz and Christiaan Barnard in 1962. Courtesy of Dr Goetz. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2000 69, 1966-1972DOI: (10.1016/S0003-4975(00)01264-9)
Fig 5 Robert H. Goetz in 1989. Courtesy of Dr Goetz. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2000 69, 1966-1972DOI: (10.1016/S0003-4975(00)01264-9)
Fig 6 Technique for nonsuture coronary-mammary artery anastomosis applied by Dr. Goetz for the first clinical successful coronary bypass operation on May 2, 1960. Reproduced with permission from Goetz RH, Rohman M, Haller JD, Dee R, Rosenak SS. Internal mammary-coronary artery anastomosis. A nonsuture method employing tantalum ring. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1961;41:378–86. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2000 69, 1966-1972DOI: (10.1016/S0003-4975(00)01264-9)