On this day in 1964, it is regarded that Kolesov, a Russian pioneer, was the first surgeon to perform a successful coronary bypass operation using suture anastomosis between RIMA and the RCA. #CTSurgery
"Every surgeon carries within himself a small cemetery, where from time to time he goes to pray - a place of bitterness and regret, where he must look for an explanation for his failures." - Rene Leriche, 1879-1955.