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

P M Dunn

doi:10.1136/adc.2006.095398

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

Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed. 2008 Jan;93(1):F74-6. doi: 10.1136/adc.2006.095398.

Author

P M Dunn¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Child Health, University of Bristol, Southmead Hospital, Southmead, Bristol, UK. p.m.dunn@bristol.ac.uk

PMID: 18156454
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2006.095398

Abstract

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.

Publication types

Biography
Historical Article
Portrait

MeSH terms

Cardiology / history*
Heart Bypass, Right / history*
Heart Defects, Congenital / history*
History, 20th Century
Pediatrics / history*
Pulmonary Artery / surgery
Subclavian Artery / surgery
United States

Personal name as subject

Helen Brooke Taussig