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The first open heart operation ever filmed was recorded in 1945 by the US War Department. The surgeon was Dwight Harken, and the surgery was to remove a bullet fragment from a soldier's heart; the soldier survived. Amazingly we have footage of all of this.



More videos The first open heart operation ever filmed was recorded in 1945 by the US War Department. The surgeon was Dwight Harken, and the surgery was to remove a bullet fragment from a soldier's heart; the soldier survived. Amazingly we have footage of all of this.