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Cornerstone of Vascular Surgery

John H. Foster, MD

AMA Arch Surg. 1974;109(5):605-611.

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Many factors and individuals have contributed to the development of vascular surgery as we know it today. The classic contributions of Carrel, Matas, deTakats, Crafoord, Blalock, Gross, Julian, Shumacher, DeBakey, Linton, and others too numerous to mention are examples. However, in my opinion, one of the most important factors in the rapid development of vascular surgery over the last two decades has been the widespread application of arteriography in the study of patients with suspected arterial disease. Prior to 1952, most physicians considered arteriosclerosis to be a generalized systemic disease for which little or nothing could be done. Arteriography was considered to be meddlesome, unwarranted, and dangerous. Following the reports of Oudot¹ and of DuBost and his associates² of successful resection and homograft replacement of the abdominal aorta, interest in vascular surgery skyrocketed. This interest in vascular surgery provided a tremendous impetus for the development of improved angiographic . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
From the Department of Medicine and the Specialized Center of Research in Hypertension, Vanderbilt University Hospital, Nashville, Tenn.

Footnotes
Accepted for publication July 12, 1974.

Presidential address read before the 22nd scientific meeting of the International Cardiovascular Society, Chicago, June 21, 1974.

Reprint requests to Department of Surgery, Specialized Center of Research in Hypertension, Vanderbilt University Hospital, Nashville, TN 37232 (Dr. Foster).

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