Zupanic Slavec Zvonka, Slavec Ksenija
Institute for the History of Medicine, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Acta Med Hist Adriat. 2011;9(1):135-42.
Heart surgeon Miro Košak was a pioneer of modern cardiovascular surgery in Slovenia; in 1958, he performed the first open-heart surgery with extracorporeal circulation, in 1965, the first implantation of heart valve and pacemaker, and in 1971, the first bypass on coronary arteries. He also paved the way for heart transplantations that followed.
心脏外科医生米罗·科萨克是斯洛文尼亚现代心血管外科的先驱；1958年，他进行了首例体外循环心脏直视手术，1965年，进行了首例心脏瓣膜和起搏器植入手术，1971年，进行了首例冠状动脉搭桥手术。他还为随后的心脏移植手术铺平了道路。
