C. Walton Lillehei

Specialty: Cardiovascular Surgery

Location: Minneapolis, United States

Tier: TITAN

H-Index: 61

Years Active: 0

Hospital Affiliations

• University of Minnesota Medical Center - Professor of Surgery

Techniques Invented

• Cross-circulation for open-heart surgery [Gold Standard]
• Controlled cross-circulation technique [Gold Standard]

Key Publications

1. "Left retrograde cardioangiography in acquired cardiac disease" - The American Journal of Cardiology (1964) [803 citations]
2. "The developmental complex of “parachute mitral valve,” supravalvular ring of left atrium, subaortic stenosis, and coarctation of aorta" - The American Journal of Cardiology (1963) [623 citations]
3. "Mortality of necrotizing enterocolitis expressed by birth weight categories" - Journal of Pediatric Surgery (2009) [605 citations]
4. "Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation and Conventional Medical Therapy in Neonates With Persistent Pulmonary Hypertension of the Newborn: A Prospective Randomized Study" - PEDIATRICS (1989) [493 citations]
5. "Nutritional and other postoperative management of neonates with short bowel syndrome correlates with clinical outcomes" - The Journal of Pediatrics (2001) [449 citations]
6. "MITRAL VALVE REPLACEMENT WITH PRESERVATION OF PAPILLARY MUSCLES AND CHORDAE TENDINEAE" - Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery (1964) [305 citations]
7. "Congenital diaphragmatic hernia—A tale of two cities: The Boston experience" - Journal of Pediatric Surgery (1997) [301 citations]
8. "The direct-vision intracardiac correction of congenital anomalies by controlled cross circulation; results in thirty-two patients with ventricular septal defects, tetralogy of Fallot, and atrioventricularis communis defects." - PubMed (1955) [290 citations]
9. "The surgical treatment of stenotic or regurgitant lesions of the mitral and aortic valves by direct vision utilizing a pump-oxygenator" - Journal of Thoracic Surgery (1958) [211 citations]
10. "Congenital Anomalies Involving the Coronary Sinus" - Circulation (1966) [203 citations]

Knowledge Graph Relationships

C. Walton Lillehei is a Cardiovascular Surgery specialist affiliated with University of Minnesota Medical Center. Invented techniques: Cross-circulation for open-heart surgery, Controlled cross-circulation technique. Authored 10 scholarly articles.