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P. N. Sawyer, MD; M. Kaplitt, MD; S. Sobel, MD; K. E. Karlson, MD; J. Studkey, MD; B. M. Wechsler, MD; D. N. Summers, MD; C. Dennis, MD

AMA Arch Surg. 1967;95(5):736-742.

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M techniques have been used in an attempt to revascularize the heart. In 1929, Beck¹ developed poudrage² techniques in an attempt to increase myocardial blood flow. In 1951, Vineberg and Miller^3,4 described the internal mammary artery implantation into the myocardium as a technique for revascularization of the heart. There rapidly followed omentopexy, endarterectomy, and endarterotomy, with dilatation of the vessel. By 1959, selective coronary arteriography was proven possible in large numbers of patients providing anatomical information about sites of occlusion and their severity. Sones⁵ at the Cleveland Clinic did the first large number of these and with Effler⁶ showed the feasibility of attacking a small percentage of the observed coronary occlusions. Because of the tedious nature of mechanical endarterectomy and the poor results obtained (Bailey,⁷ Sabiston,⁸ Cannon and Longmire⁹) when it was necessary to endarterectomize more than 2 to 3 cm, vascular . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
Brooklyn, NY

From the Vascular and Thoracic Surgical Services of the Departments of Surgery and Surgical Research and the Department of Medicine, the State University of New York, Downstate Medical Center and Kings County Hospital Centers, Brooklyn, NY.

Footnotes
Submitted for publication July 26, 1967.

Read before the 15th Scientific Meeting of the North American Chapter of the International Cardiovascular Society, Atlantic City, NJ, June 16, 1967.

Reprint requests to 450 Clarkson Ave, Brooklyn, NY (Dr. Sawyer).

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