This manuscript is a personal tribute to Professor Marc de Leval from two of his colleagues: Professor Martin J. Elliott and Professor John E. Deanfield. As stated by the authors: “Marc’s career history is presented in the accompanying eulogy from the current Heart & Lung Team at Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH), allowing us to highlight Marc’s personal qualities that made him such an inspirational colleague. … Marc was, as we have said, the cardiologist’s surgeon. He was also the surgeon’s cardiologist, bridging the two disciplines and fusing the team. He was delighted by the advent of interventional cardiology and did not see it as a threat or competition, but instead, as appropriate for the well-being of his patients. He recognised how traumatic surgery could be for patients and their families and sought to avoid it whenever possible by alternative treatments. Marc will be remembered with love and admiration by his many patients and their families, whose lives he changed. His technical skill, energy, devotion, humour, intellect and influence will be sorely missed. May he rest in peace.”

这份手稿是 Marc de Leval 教授的两位同事的个人致敬：Martin J. Elliott 教授和 John E. Deanfield 教授。正如作者所说：“马克的职业历史在大奥蒙德街医院 (GOSH) 现任心肺团队的悼词中呈现，让我们能够突出马克的个人品质，使他成为如此鼓舞人心的同事。......正如我们所说，马克是心脏病专家的外科医生。他还是外科医生的心脏病专家，将这两个学科联系起来并融合了团队。他对介入心脏病学的出现感到高兴，并没有将其视为威胁或竞争，而是将其视为对患者的福祉有利。他认识到手术对患者及其家人的伤害，并尽可能通过替代治疗来避免手术。马克将被他的许多患者及其家人怀着爱和钦佩的心情记住，他改变了他们的生活。他的技术技能、精力、奉献精神、幽默、才智和影响力将被深深怀念。愿他安息。”