Andrew G. Morrow

Andrew G. Morrow (1922 - 12 August 1982), was chief of surgery at the National Heart Institute, who established the septal myectomy operation for obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM). In 1960 he was part of the team that performed the first successful human mitral valve replacement using Nina Starr Braunwald's design. [1][2]

Morrow is named in the cardiac sign Brockenbrough-Braunwald-Morrow sign.[3] His procedure for correcting HCM became known as the Morrow operation.[4][5]

References
  1. Smith, J. Y. (17 August 1982). "Dr. Andrew G. Morrow, 60, Chief Of Surgery at the Heart Institute". Washington Post. Archived from the original on 28 May 2023. Retrieved 30 October 2022.
  2. Maron, Barry J.; Roberts, William C. (21 June 2016). "The Father of Septal Myectomy for Obstructive HCM, Who Also Had HCM". Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 67 (24): 2900–2903. doi:10.1016/j.jacc.2016.05.002. PMID 27311529. S2CID 205579317.
  3. Yale, Steven H.; Tekiner, Halil; Mazza, Joseph J.; Yale, Eileen S.; Yale, Ryan C. (2021). "18. Vital signs". Cardiovascular Eponymic Signs: Diagnostic Skills Applied During the Physical Examination. Switzerland: Springer. pp. 403–404. ISBN 978-3-030-67595-0.
  4. "Dr. Andrew Glenn Morrow's Plaque". onih.pastperfectonline.com. Archived from the original on 28 May 2023. Retrieved 30 October 2022.
  5. "NLM History of Medicine Division Finding Aids". findingaids.nlm.nih.gov. Retrieved 29 May 2023.

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