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An experimental method of providing a collateral circulation to the heart.

O’SHAUGHNESSY, Laurence Frederick (1900 – 1940) Plarr's Lives of the Fellows

Publication Details

Brit. J. Surg., 23, 665-70. 1936 CE.

By attaching a pedicled omental graft to the surface of the heart (cardio-omentopexy), thus providing a collateral circulation to that organ, O’Shaughnessy made an important advance in the treatment of angina and cardiac ischemia generally.

Browse Tags

Surgery & Anesthesia

Thematic Classifications

CARDIOLOGY › CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE › Coronary Artery Disease › Angina Pectoris CARDIOVASCULAR (Cardiac) SURGERY

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