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Lillehei Father of open heart surgery dies at 80
Dr Co Walton Lillehei famed as open heart surgery father and mentor to surgeons including Christiaan Barnard died of cancer in Minnesota at 80. A pioneering professor at the University of Minnesota and later chair at Cornell Medical Center, he helped win the first successful open heart procedure in 1952 and co developed heart lung machines and pacemakers with Medtronic. He influenced generations of surgeons, faced tax charges in 1978, and left a family including wife Kaye and three children.
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ST. Paul, Minn
Walton Lillehei
Christiaan Barnard
Lillehei
University of Minnesota
Cornell Medical Center
New York Hospital
Jackie Johnson
Medtronic ‘Inc
Earl Bakken
St. Jude Medical
GC. Walton Lillehei