People with 22q11.2 deletion syndrome often experience recurrent infections caused by problems with the immune system, and some develop autoimmune disorders such as rheumatoid arthritis and Graves disease in which the immune system attacks the body's own tissues and organs.
Rene Favaloro; Performed First Bypass Surgery. Rene Favaloro, 77, Argentine surgeon who pioneered coronary bypass surgery. In 1967, Favaloro performed the first bypass operation on a 51-year-old woman at the Cleveland Clinic in Ohio, using a saphenous vein taken from the patient's leg to detour blood around blockages in her heart.
Senning used the device that was invented by the Sweden inventor Rune Elmqvist (1906â1996). Arne Larsson was the first patient that used the pacemaker. In the year 1971, Wilson Greatbatch (1919-2011) the American engineer made a breakthrough in the industry of pacemakers by using lithium anode cells which he invented.n the year 1932, Albert Hyman (1893-1972) the American cardiologist invented a device that was using a spring-wound motor that works by hand. Hyman was the first to use the term artificial pacemaker.