Euryclides de Jesus Zerbini
Dr. Euryclides Zerbini, in a promotional photo by the University of São Paulo.
Euryclides de Jesus Zerbini (10 May 1912 – 23 October 1993) was a Brazilian physician and cardiac surgeon.[1] He is internationally known for performing the first heart transplantation in Latin America (and the third in the world) in 1968, and for creating the famous and respected clinical and research center Instituto do Coração da Universidade de São Paulo (Heart Institute of the University of São Paulo), in São Paulo, Brazil.
Further reading
- Ricardo Lima, Fernando A. Lucchese, Domingo M. Braile, Tomas A. Salerno. A tribute to Euryclides de Jesus Zerbini, MD. Ann Thorac Surg 2001;72:1789–1792. PMID 11722101
- de Carvalho VB, Sousa EF, Vila JH, da Silva JP, Caiado MR, Araujo SR, Macruz R, Zerbini EJ. Heart transplantation in Chagas' disease. 10 years after the initial experience. Circulation. 1996 Oct 15;94(8):1815-7. PMID 8873654
- Zerbini EJ. Results of replacement of cardiac valves by homologous dura mater valves. Chest. 1975 Jun;67(6):706-10. PMID 123848
- Barbero Marcial M, Armelin E, Stolf N, Piantino PC, Macruz R, Verginelli G, Zerbini EJ. Assisted circulation with an auxiliary heart transplant. An experimental study. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 1972 May;63(5):696–704. PMID 4554995
- Zerbini EJ, Decourt LV. Experience on three cases of human heart transplantation. Laval Med. 1970 Feb;41(2):149-54. PMID 4929483
References
- ↑ "BJCVS, Vol.: 27 Ed.: 1 – 152/154 – 2012, Euryclides de Jesus Zerbini – 100 years". Rbccv.org.br. Retrieved 2015-09-17.
External links
- Fundação Zerbini
- Dura mater heart valve invention. (In Portuguese)
- Search for Dr. Zerbini's papers in PubMed
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