Laboratory work preceding the first clinical application of cardiopulmonary bypass

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Richards AN , Drinker CK. An apparatus for the perfusion of isolated organs . J Pharmacol Exp Therap 1915; 7: 467-483 .

Stokes TL , Flick JB Jr. An improved vertical cylinder oxygenator . Proc Soc Exp Biol Med 1950; 73: 528-529 .

Miller BJ , Gibbon JH Jr. , Gibbon MH. Recent advances in the development of a mechanical heart and lung apparatus . Ann Surg 1951; 134: 694-708 .

Miller BJ , Gibbon JH Jr. , Fineberg C. An improved mechanical heart and lung apparatus; its use during open cardiotomy in experimental animals . Med Clin North Am 1953; 37: 1603-1624 .

Miller BJ. A respirator for laboratory animals utilizing compressed air and suction . Surgery 1957; 42: 722-725 .

Miller BJ , Gibbon JH Jr. , Greco VF , Smith BA , Cohn CH , Allbritten FF. The production and repair of interatrial septal defects under direct vision with the assistance of an extracorporeal pump-oxygenator circuit . J Thorac Surg 1953; 26: 598-616 .

Gibbon JH Jr. , Miller BJ , Dobell ARC. The closure of interventricular septal defects in dogs during open cardiotomy with the maintenance of the cardiorespira-tory functions by a pump oxygenator . J Thorac Surg 1954; 28: 235-240 .

Miller BJ , Gibbon JH Jr. , Greco VF , Cohn CH , Allbritten FF Jr. The use of a vent for the left ventricle as a means of avoiding air embolism to the systemic circulation during open cardiotomy with the maintenance of the cardiorespiratory functions of animals by a pump oxygenator . Surg Forum 1953; 4: 29-33 .