Pioneer of Cardiothoracic Surgery - Joaquim Cavalcanti.

Braz J Cardiovasc Surg

Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Pronto-Socorro Cardiológico Universitário de Pernambuco (PROCAPE), Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Universidade de Pernambuco (UPE), Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil.

Published: August 2023

Joaquim de Souza Cavalcanti was a pioneer among us - the Brazilian State of Pernambuco and North-Northeast region - in cardiac surgery in its initial phase (Blalock-Taussig surgery and mitral valvulotomy), in thoracic surgery (pneumectomy, lung lobectomy and segmentectomy, lung decortication, and mediastinal tumor resection), and in numerous techniques and operative tactics in general surgery.

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