Historical Perspectives of the Korean Society for Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery: Sung Haing Lee (1919-2012), Who Performed the First Open Heart Surgery Using Hypothermia in Korea

J Chest Surg. 2024 Jan 5;57(1):103-107. doi: 10.5090/jcs.23.089. Epub 2023 Aug 16.

Hanna Jung^{1

2}, Kook-Yang Park^{1

3}, Tae Yun Oh^{1

4}, Wooshik Kim^{1

5}

¹ The Historical Records Preservation Committee, The Korean Society for Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Seoul, Korea.
² Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Kyungpook National University Hospital, Kyungpook National University School of Medicine, Daegu, Korea.
³ Gachon University Gil Medical Center, Incheon, Korea.
⁴ Kangbuk Samsung Hospital, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
⁵ Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, National Medical Center, Seoul, Korea.

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