Box 3

1 reel.

The chest is cut open and surgical repairs to the mitral valve are shown.

3 reels.

The atrial valve is cut open, and damaged tissue is removed. A small piece of the heart near the mitral valve is stitched closed. Enclosed label reads Mitral Stenosis, contact work print, marked for cutting original.

1 reel.

The camera pans to the doctors, associates, and machinery in the surgical suite.

Blood is extracted, and damaged tissue is excised from the ventricle. A valve is expanded, and the extracted blood is tested.

The film ends with images of the patient after surgery, and of the Clinical Center at NIH.

2 reels.

Marked roll A and roll B.

Roll A begins with title slide: Produced by Surgery Branch, National Heart Institute, National Institutes of Health.

1 reel.

Title slide reads The Correction of Valvular Pulmonic Stenosis. The aortic valve is cut and blood is drained. Tubes are stitched into the valve.

Title slide reads The Surgical Treatment of Ventricular Septal Defect. Surgeons slice the ventricle open, cut tissue out of it, and then suture.

Title slide reads The Treatment of Congenital Aortic Stenosis. The aortic valve is cleared, and tissue is excised.

2 reels.

The mitral valve is cut open, and blood is drained. Damaged tissue is removed followed by suturing around the valve. The Du Plessis Valve is inserted. The prosthetic valve is tested to see if it is securely in place, and the valve and then heart are sutured.