Clarence Walton Lillehei - bibliography

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Biography

American surgeon, born October 23, 1918, Minneapolis; died July 5, 1999, St. Paul, Minnesota.

Bibliography

  • C. W. Lillehei, M. J. Levy, R. C. Lillehei, et al:
    Mitral, Aortic, and Tricuspid Valve Replacement with the Ball Valve.
    Surgery, 1965, 57: 184.
  • A. B. Cruz, R. L. Kaster, R. L. Simmons, C. W. Lillehei:
    A new caged meniscus prosthetic heart valve. Surgery, 1965, 58:995-998.
  • R. L. Kaster, C. W. Lillehei:
    A New Cageless Free-Floating Pivoting Disc Prosthetic Heart Valve: Design Development and Evaluation.
    Digest 7th Internat Conf Med Biol Engineering, Stockholm 1967: 387.
  • C. W. Lillehei, A. Nakib, R. L. Kaster, R. M. Ferlic:
    The toroidal heart valve. In: L. A. Brewer, editor: Prosthetic heart valves. Springfield, Illinois: Charles C. Thomas, 1969: 278-284.
  • B. R. Kalke, W. W. Lillehei, R. L. Kaster:
    Evaluation of a doubleleaflet prosthetic heart valve of new design for clinical use.
    In: L. A. Brewer, editor: Prosthetic heart valves. Springfield, Illinois:Charles C. Thomas, 1969:285–302.
  • E. A. Lefrak, A. Starr:
    Lillehei-Kaster valve. In: E. A. Lefrak, editor: Cardiac valve prostheses. New York: Appleton-Century-Crofts, 1979: 248-279.
  • Richard A. DeWall, Naureen Qasim, and Liss Carr:
    Evolution of mechanical heart valves.
    The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, Boston, 2000, 69, 1612-1621.

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