<P> The first successful intracardiac correction of a congenital heart defect using hypothermia was performed by Drs. C. Walton Lillehei and F. John Lewis at the University of Minnesota on 2 September 1952 . In 1953 , Alexander Alexandrovich Vishnevsky conducted the first cardiac surgery under local anesthesia . In 1956 , Dr. John Carter Callaghan performed the first documented open heart surgery in Canada . </P>
<P> The first successful intracardiac correction of a congenital heart defect using hypothermia was performed by Drs. C. Walton Lillehei and F. John Lewis at the University of Minnesota on 2 September 1952 . In 1953 , Alexander Alexandrovich Vishnevsky conducted the first cardiac surgery under local anesthesia . In 1956 , Dr. John Carter Callaghan performed the first documented open heart surgery in Canada . </P>
when was the first successful open heart surgery performed
when was the first successful open heart surgery performed
1956
1956