Category: History of cardiology

Dr. Elliot Cutler, an American surgeon born on July 30, 1888, was a prominent figure at Harvard University and a trailblazer in the field of cardiac surgery.

He concluded his military career with the rank of Brigadier General in the U.S. Army. Following World War I, he embarked on an ambitious mission to address mitral stenosis, a condition affecting the heart valve, through groundbreaking surgical techniques.

Ludwig Rehn, a surgeon by training, was born in Germany on April 13, 1849. Considered an innovator, he would become an important figure in the history of cardiology.