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Valvulotomia (1955)

Valvulotomia poster
Directed by
Poul Hjertholm
Genre
documentary film
Country
Denmark
Runtime
10 min

How it feels

A Danish medical film from 1955 shows Professor Erik Husfeldt performing a surgery to correct a congenital heart condition. The film documents a procedure on a 15 year old boy with pulmonary stenosis.

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What happens

Valvulotomia er en medicinsk film instrueret af Poul Hjertholm efter manuskript af Erik Husfeldt. Professor Erik Husfeldt, Rigshospitalet, København, viser sin metode til udførelse af valvulotomia ved congenit pulmonalstenose. Operation af 15-årig dreng lidende af medføldt pulmonalstenose. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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