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Heart surgery pioneer dies
[Entry posted at 14th July 2008 05:02 PM GMT]
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Michael E. DeBakey, heart surgeon, inventor, teacher, and research advocate, died late last Friday, July 11th, at the age of 99.

DeBakey was "the greatest surgeon of the twentieth century," his colleague George Noon said in a ...

 

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