Argentine Dr. Rene Favaloro became the first surgeon to perform a coronary bypass surgery on a patient suffering from coronary artery disease. &amp;quot;Dr. Favaloro revolutionized the natural history and quality-of-life of patients with ischemic heart disease,&amp;quot; an &amp;lt;a href=&amp;quot;http://www.circ.ahajournals.org/content/103/4/480.full&amp;quot; target=&amp;quot;_blank&amp;quot;&amp;gt;obituary published in the journal Circulation&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt; said. &amp;quot;It is not surprising that Dr. Mason Sones once said that 20th century cardiology can be divided into the pre-Favaloro and the post-Favaloro eras.&amp;quot;