Andrew G. Morrow
American surgeon
About Andrew G. Morrow
Lived 1898 – 1982 (aged 83–84).
Andrew G. Morrow (1922 – 12 August 1982) was an American cardiac surgeon. He was the chief of surgery at the National Heart Institute, who established the septal myectomy operation for obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM). In 1960 he was part of the team that performed the first successful human mitral valve replacement using Nina Starr Braunwald's design.
Morrow is named in the cardiac sign Brockenbrough-Braunwald-Morrow sign. His procedure for correcting HCM became known as the Morrow operation.
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Who was Andrew G. Morrow?
American surgeon (1922–1982)
When was Andrew G. Morrow born?
Andrew G. Morrow was born in 1898.
When did Andrew G. Morrow die?
Andrew G. Morrow died in 1982.
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