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Helen Brooke Taussig (May 24, 1898 – May 20, 1986) was an American cardiologist, working in Baltimore and Boston, who founded the field of pediatric cardiology. She is credited with developing the concept for a procedure that would extend the lives of children born with Tetralogy of Fallot (the most common cause of blue baby ...
Helen Brooke Taussig is known as the founder of pediatric cardiology for her innovative work on "blue baby" syndrome. In 1944, Taussig, surgeon Alfred Blalock, and surgical technician Vivien Thomas developed an operation to correct the congenital heart defect that causes the syndrome.
Helen Brooke Taussig (24 de mayo de 1898 - 20 de mayo de 1986) fue una cardióloga estadounidense que trabajó en Baltimore y Boston, fundadora del campo de la cardiología pediátrica .
17 de mar. de 2020 · Helen B. Taussig was not only known as one of the developers of the "blue baby" operation, she was also a champion of women in medicine, working her way up the ranks at Johns Hopkins and eventually becoming the school of medicine’s second female professor. Dr. Taussig was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts in 1898.
5 de dic. de 2016 · Together with Alfred Blalock, Helen Taussig rose to fame because of the Blalock-Taussig shunt. This is a surgical procedure in children who suffer from hypoxia because of a congenital cardiac malformation. Because of this affliction, they are blue.
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“The first Blalock-Taussig anastomosis,” Dr. Helen Taussig, 1968. In this lecture given in 1968, Taussig reflects on the development and success of the blue baby operation. Taussig, considered the founder of pediatric cardiology, learned to navigate clinical practice with dyslexia and hearing impairments.
20 de may. de 2024 · Helen Brooke Taussig (born May 24, 1898, Cambridge, Mass., U.S.—died May 20, 1986, Kennett Square, Pa.) was an American physician recognized as the founder of pediatric cardiology, best known for her contributions to the development of the first successful treatment of “blue baby” syndrome.
