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Treatment: History of the Procedure F. John Lewis successfully performed the first open heart closure of an atrial septal defect (ASD) on September 5, 1952, in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He used direct vision with hypothermia and inflow occlusion. Subsequent ...
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