René Favaloro: tribute to the Argentine doctor who invented the bypass

The workaround,
the procedure created by René Favaloro more than 50 years ago, was recognized this year by

Google

as one of almost 400 inventions that have changed the history of mankind. This Friday, the Sillicon Valley Society honored the doctor with a

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the 96th anniversary of his birth.

The Argentinian surgeon has introduced coronary artery bypbad grafting in clinical practice. Since the first operation, in 1967, the procedure has saved countless lives. Favaloro once wrote: "We" is more important than "I." In medicine, progress always results from the many efforts accumulated over the years. "His legacy and teachings resonate in Argentine society and his recognition is worldwide.

René Gerónimo Favaloro was born in La Plata one day, as today, in 1923. He spent the first 12 years of his career as a country doctor in the agricultural community of Jacinto Arauz, where he built an operating theater, formed its own nurses, created a local blood bank and instructed patients on how to prevent common diseases. This experience convinced him forever that medical care was a basic human right, regardless of the economic circumstances.

He lived and trained for a few years in the United States. He worked at the Cleveland Clinic with Mason Sones, a pioneer of cineangiography, reading, and the interpretation of coronary and ventricular images. After studying and stopping angiograms, Favalaro found that coronary artery bypbad surgery could be an effective treatment for patients with cardiac complications.

On May 9, 1967, the doctor operated on a 51-year-old woman with an obstruction of the right coronary artery applying her procedure: in a vein of the patient's leg, she could redirect the flow of blood around the patient. 39; obstruction. The intervention was a success and since then, his discovery has saved countless lives.

When he returned to Argentina in the early 1970s, the doctor founded the Favaloro Foundation in Buenos Aires. Until now, the center treated patients according to their needs and taught the innovative techniques of Favaloro to Latin American doctors.