| at the cutting edge of the impossible: a tribute to vladimir p. demikhov. | vladimir p. demikhov (1916-1998) performed the world's first experimental intrathoracic transplantations and coronary artery bypass operation. his successes heralded the era of modern heart and lung transplantation and the surgical treatment of coronary artery disease. even though he was one of the greatest experimental surgeons of the 20th century, his international isolation fueled speculation, suppositions, and myths. ironically, his transplantation of a dog's head drew more publicity than di ... | 2009 | 19876428 |
| vladimir p. demikhov, a pioneer of organ transplantation. | vladimir p. demikhov was born in a russian peasant family in 1916. as a biology student at the moscow university in 1937, he constructed a metal artificial heart and maintained the circulation of a dog for 5.5 hours. from 1946, after his military service, he worked in the surgical institute of the moscow academy of sciences performing heterotopic heart transplantations in dogs. in 1947, he performed the first orthotopic lung transplant. later he performed complex cardiothoracic transplantations ... | 2011 | 21620094 |