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Kei Okami- first Japanese woman to obtain a western medicine degree for her country

The article does not have a lot of information- 7 references

Suzanne B. Knoebel: American College of Cardiology's first female president

- very brief summary about Knoebel- more information can be added and elaborated. Very few sources.

Myra Adele Logan- first female to perform surgery on an open heart

- good overview of her life and medical career but more can be added.

Olga M. Haring: first female fellow of the American College of Cardiology- no possible wikipedia pages have been found about her.

Maude Abbott: Developed a system of classification for congenital heart disease that is currently utilized all over the world

**** (decided to be my article. The citations and part about ductus arteriosus were the assignments for adding a citation and copy edit) Helen B. Taussig: known for her "Blue Baby" surgery which corrected the defective hearts of many children- known to be found the pediatric cardiology division. This article has a wonderful biography and brief synopsis of her career. It does not really go much into the techniques she applied however. The career section can be added to.

- Blue Baby syndrome- not getting enough oxygen.

resulted as a consequence of the closure of the ductus arteriosus, which allows the heart to be directly transferred from the pulmonary arteries to the aorta as a fetus. The lungs have not fully developed yet in the fetus and most of the oxygen is obtained from the mother's placenta.

Early Life and Career (continuation of original)
Helen B. Taussig attended Harvard's School of Public Health, though she aspired to be a physician. At the time, women were not allowed to obtain a degree in medicine from Harvard, so Taussig attended Boston University School of Medicine. There, with the encouragement of her professor Alexander Begg, she decided to pursue further studies into the heart. Begg also aided her acceptance in to Johns Hopkins School of Medicine.

In 1930, Helen B. Taussig became of the head of Harriet Lane Home, a Pediatric Cardiac Clinic. She fulfilled her duties as the head until 1963 when she retired.

During her early career she studied babies with congenital heart defects as well as rheumatic fever. The latter is a consequence of of streptococcus infection. This interest eventually led to her finding a possible method of treatment for "Blue Baby Syndrome."

After proposing the idea to Alfred Blalock, the team consisting of Taussig, Blalock, and Thomas, experimented the procedure on around 200 dogs. Then Taussig received a severely affected patient, who received the first trial of the procedure: Eileen Saxon. Saxon was believed to be a textbook case of the "Blue Baby Syndrome" with apparent features, such as a tinge in blue lips. The procedure itself was successful. However, Saxon contrived recurrent stenosis, deteriorated her condition, ultimately leading to her fatality.