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ROBERT F. HEIMBURGER, M.D.

Arch Surg. 1946;52(6):677-689.

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ACTIVE interest in surgical methods by which deficient circulation in the coronary artery might be supported through collateral vessels was initated by Beck. This author, as a result of his experiences with the injection of diluted solution of sodium hypochlorite into the pericardial cavity of dogs¹ and of the observations of Hudson, Moritz and Wearn² and of Moritz, Hudson and Orgain³ related to autopsy study of extracardiac circulation in human hearts, began the series of experiments leading to the operations on patients summarized by Beck¹ and by Feil.⁴ In current surgical clinical efforts toward the development of extracardiac circulation, openings in the pericardium have been employed through which pectoral muscle or mediastinal fat, (Beck⁵) or omentum (O'Shaughnessy⁶) was brought to the heart.

Many investigators have employed irritants to obliterate the pericardial sac by adhesions or to cause grafts to adhere. Beck⁵ employed . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
DURHAM, N. C.

From the Department of Surgery, Duke University School of Medicine.

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