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This volume contains the revised texts of the presentations at the 29th International Congress of the European Society of Cardiovascular Surgery, held from July 2-5, 1980, in Dusseldorf under the presidency of Jan Nielobowicz (Warsaw). We express our gratitude to all the authors who have been partici- pating in the Congress, in particular to the invited speakers A. R. Castaneda (Boston), D. B. Effler (Syracuse), F. Fontan (Bordeaux), F. Robicsek (Charlotte), and D. N. Ross (London) for their cooperation. We are grateful to our colleagues of the Surgical Department B at the University of...

The first cardiovascular operation in Duesseldorf, a ligation of an open ductus arteriosus (Botallo), was performed in 1938 by E. K. Frey. During the Second World War and the subsequent years many difficulties hindered cardiovascular surgery in Duesseldorf. However, it was resumed on 3 May 1949 by Prof. Ernst Derra, again by ligating an open ductus arteriosus. This was the starting pOint of the successful cooperation between the cardiological and surgical working groups - the "birthday" of the Duesseldorf Heart Centre. Further highlights in cardiac surgery were the introduction of open heart...