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Dr Helen Taussig (1898 1986): pioneering American paediatric cardiologist.

Dunn PM

Department of Child Health, University of Bristol, Southmead Hospital, Southmead, Bristol, UK. p.m.dunn@bristol.ac.uk

In 1944, Helen Taussig in collaboration with Alfred Blalock initiated the first surgical treatment of cyanotic congenital malformations of the heart. She may be regarded as the founder of paediatric cardiology.

Published 24 December 2007 in Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed, 93(1): F74-6.
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