Few inventions dramatically revolutionize the practice of medicine; however, the creation of the heart-lung machine by John Heysham Gibbon Jr. not only succeeded in this goal but also created a whole new field of cardiovascular surgery.
John Heysham Gibbon Jr 对心肺机的发明不仅绝无仅有地为医学实践带来了革命性的进步,更是开创了心血管外科这一全新的领域。