- Arthur Vineberg
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name = Arthur Vineberg
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birth_date =May 24 1903
birth_place =Montreal, Quebec
death_date =March 26 1988
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field =cardiac surgeon
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alma_mater =McGill University
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Arthur Martin Vineberg (May 24 1903 –March 26 1988 ) was a Canadiancardiac surgeon , university lecturer and author. He was "famous for his experimental and clinical studies inrevascularization of the heart". [ [http://www.gg.ca/honours/search-recherche/honours-desc.asp?lang=e&TypeID=orc&id=1724 Order of Canada citation] ]Born in
Montreal, Quebec , he received a degree in biochemistry and experimental physiology atMcGill University . He was a heart surgeon at Montreal'sRoyal Victoria Hospital and a lecturer in the Faculty of Medicine of McGill University. cite web|url=http://www.health.library.mcgill.ca/OSLER/archives/detail.cfm?FondID=117|title=Arthur Vineberg Fonds|work=Osler Library Archives]He is known for having developed a surgical procedure called the "Vineberg Procedure" which involved implanting the left mammary artery into the left ventricle of the
heart . He first did this procedure in 1946 on an experimental basis and at the Royal Victoria Hospital in 1950. cite web|url=http://www.health.library.mcgill.ca/OSLER/archives/detail.cfm?FondID=117|title=Arthur Vineberg Fonds|work=Osler Library Archives]He published two books, "How to Live with your Heart; the Family Guide to Heart Health" (1975) and "Myocardial Revascularization by Arterial/Ventricular Implants" (1982). cite web|url=http://www.health.library.mcgill.ca/OSLER/archives/detail.cfm?FondID=117|title=Arthur Vineberg Fonds|work=Osler Library Archives] He was working on his third book, "The Complete Guide to Heart Health", before his death. cite news|title=Arthur Vineberg Surgeon pioneered procedure|work=
The Globe and Mail |date=1988-03-28]In 1986, he was made an Officer of the
Order of Canada , Canada's highest civilian honour.References
*Citation
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url= http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10397432
id =PMID :10830639
url= http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10830639
last=Thomas
first=J L
publication-date=1999
year=1999
title=The Vineberg legacy: internal mammary artery implantation from inception to obsolescence.
volume=26
issue=2
periodical=Texas Heart Institute journal / from the Texas Heart Institute of St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital, Texas Children's Hospital
pages=107-13
*Citation
id =PMID :7910011
url= http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7910011
id =PMID :7979771
url= http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7979771
last=Shrager
first=J B
publication-date=1994 May
year=1994
title=The Vineberg procedure: the immediate forerunner of coronary artery bypass grafting.
volume=57
issue=5
periodical=Ann. Thorac. Surg.
pages=1354-64
*Citation
id =PMID :1345805
url= http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1345805
last=Dobell
first=A R
publication-date=1992 Jan
year=1992
title=Arthur Vineberg and the internal mammary artery implantation procedure.
volume=53
issue=1
periodical=Ann. Thorac. Surg.
pages=167-9
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