Clarence Crafoord

Clarence Crafoord

Clarence Crafoord
Born 28 May 1899 (1899-05-28)
Hudiksvall, Sweden
Died 25 Feb 1984 (1984-02-26)
Nationality Sweden
Fields surgery
Alma mater Karolinska Institute
Known for repair of aortic coarctation
Notable awards Gairdner Foundation International Award (1962)

Clarence Crafoord (1899 1984) was a Swedish cardiovascular surgeon, best known for performing the first successful repair of aortic coarctation on 19 October 1944, one year before Robert E. Gross.

Crafoord also introduced heparin as thrombosis prophylaxis in the 1930s and he pioneered mechanical positive-pressure ventilation during thoracic operations in the 1940s.

Crafoord was professor of thoracic surgery at Karolinska Institutet from 1948 to 1966.

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