Claude Schaeffer Beck - bibliography

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Biography

American surgeon, born 1894, Shamoka, Pennsylvania; died 1971.

Bibliography

  • C. S. Beck:
    Two cardiac compression triads.
    Journal of the American Medical Association, Chicago, 1935, 104: 714-716.
  • C. S. Beck, W. H. Pritchard and H. S. Feil:
    Ventricular fibrillation of long duration abolished by electric shock.
    Journal of the American Medical Association, Chicago, 1947, 135: 985-986.
    The first successful defibrillation of a surgical patient, with the chest opened, and the paddles applied directly to the heart.
  • C. S. Beck:
    The development of a new blood supply to the heart by operation.
    Annals of Surgery, Philadelphia, 1935, 102: 801-813.
    By implantation of the pectoral muscle into the pericardium, Beck provided a collateral circulation of the heart for the relief of myocardial ischaemia. This paper recorded the first operation on a man. It was preceded by Beck's paper, written with V. L. Tichy and A. R. Moritz, recording operations on dogs: Production of a collateral circulation to the heart. In: Proceedings of the Society of Experimental Biology and Medicine, New York, 1935, 32: 759-761.
  • C. S. Beck, Vladimir Leslie Tichy (1899-1967):
    The Production of a collateral circulation to the heart. I. An experimental study.
    Proceedings of the Society of Experimental Biology and Medicine, New York, 1935, 32: 759-761.
  • C. S. Beck, C. F. McKhann and D. W. Belnap:
    Revascularization of the brain through establishment of a cervical arteriovenous fistula. Effects in children with mental retardation and convulsive disorders.
    Journal of Pediatrics, St. Louis, 1949, 35: 317-329.

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