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Magdi Yacoub
Sir Magdi Habib Yacoub ( ar, د/مجدى حبيب يعقوب ; born 16 November 1935), is an Egyptian retired professor of cardiothoracic surgery at Imperial College London, best known for his early work in repairing heart valves with surgeon Donald Ross, adapting the Ross procedure, where the diseased aortic valve is replaced with the person's own pulmonary valve, devising the arterial switch operation (ASO) in transposition of the great arteries, and establishing the heart transplantation centre at Harefield Hospital in 1980 with a heart transplant for Derrick Morris, who at the time of his death was Europe's longest-surviving heart transplant recipient. Yacoub subsequently performed the UK's first combined heart and lung transplant in 1983. From 1986 to 2006, he held the position of British Heart Foundation Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery at the National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College Faculty of Medicine. He is the founding editor of the journal ''Disease ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bilbeis
Belbeis ( ar, بلبيس ; Bohairic cop, Ⲫⲉⲗⲃⲉⲥ/Ⲫⲉⲗⲃⲏⲥ ' is an ancient fortress city on the eastern edge of the southern Nile delta in Egypt, the site of the Ancient city and former bishopric of Phelbes and a Latin Catholic titular see. The city is small in size but densely populated, with over 407,300 residents. It also houses the Egyptian Air Force Academy complex, which contains the town's largest public school in Al-Zafer. Coptic tradition says that Bilbeis was one of the stopping places of the Holy Family during the Flight into Egypt. History The city was important enough in the Roman province of Augustamnica Secunda to become a bishopric. Situated on a caravan and natural invasion route from the east, Belbeis was conquered in 640 by the Arabs. Amr ibn al-As besieged and took the city defended by a Byzantine general called al-Ardubun. According to a Muslim legend, Armanusa, the daughter of Muqawqis lived in Belbeis. In 727 some of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heart Valve Repair
Heart valve repair is a cardiac surgery procedure, carried out to repair one or more faulty heart valves. In some valvular heart diseases repair where possible is preferable to valve replacement. A mechanical heart valve is a replacement valve that is not itself subject to repair. General Valvuloplasty is the widening of a stenotic valve using a balloon catheter. Types include: * Aortic valvuloplasty in repair of a stenotic aortic valve * Mitral valvuloplasty in the correction of an uncomplicated mitral Valvulotomy Commissurotomy of heart valves is called a valvulotomy. By valve Mitral valve repair ''Mitral valve repair'' is mainly used to treat stenosis (narrowing) or regurgitation (leakage) of the mitral valve. Aortic valve repair Aortic valve repair is a surgical procedure used to correct some aortic valve disorders as an alternative to aortic valve replacement. Aortic valve repair is performed less often and is more technically difficult than mitral valve repair. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1992 New Year Honours
The New Year Honours 1992 were appointments by most of the Commonwealth realms of Queen Elizabeth II to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by citizens of those countries, and honorary ones to citizens of other countries. They were announced on 30 December 1991 to celebrate the year passed and mark the beginning of 1992.St. Christopher and Nevis list"No. 52778"The London Gazette (Supplement) 30 December 1991; pp. 61-62 United Kingdom Life Peer Baroness * Dame Shelagh Marjorie Roberts, , Chairman of the London Tourist Board. Former MEP (C). Former Chairman, National Women's Advisory Committee of the Conservative Party. Baron *The Right Honourable Sir Reginald Ernest Prentice, former Member of Parliament, former Executive Member, Committee, National Union of Conservative Associations. * Sir Brian Norman Roger Rix, , Chairman, MENCAP (Royal Society for Mentally Handicapped Children and Adults). *The Right Honourable William Thomas Rodgers, former Member ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
