Word: gussets
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...doing her heart's work and also cooling her blood. It continued to do so while the surgeons put clamps on the aorta both above and below the constriction. Dr. Newman made an inch-long cut in the aorta's wall and stitched in a plastic (Teflon) gusset, two-thirds of an inch wide at the base. This made the great artery a uniform width from the aortic valve to its big bend. Ro Anne's temperature hit a low of 77°, then a double electric shock restarted her heart. The pump-cooler was disconnected...