The Heart and the Surgeon

Editorials1 July 1933THE HEART AND THE SURGEONJ. H. MEANSJ. H. MEANSSearch for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-7-1-131 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptIt should be of particular interest to physicians that some of the most important progress in the treatment of heart disease lies in the realm of surgery. It is very necessary for the physician to know what the surgeon can do and when to call him in.Three totally different types of surgical procedure, each designed to relieve the sufferer from heart disease by altering certain of his physiologic processes, may be mentioned.In the first place we have the nerve blocking procedures for painful afflictions such as angina pectoris. These, whether they be alcohol block, nerve section, or ganglionectomy,...1 JONNESCO T: Traitement chirurgical de l'angine de poitrine par la résection du sympathique cervico-thoracique, Bull. Acad. de Médicine, Paris, 1920, lxxxiv, 93. Google Scholar2 WHITEGARREYATKINS JCWEJA: Cardiac innervation, experimental and clinical studies, Arch. of Surg., 1933, xxvi, 765. CrossrefGoogle Scholar3 CHURCHILL ED: Decortication of the heart (Delorme) for adhesive pericarditis, Arch. of Surg., 1929, xix (Part II), 1457-1469. CrossrefGoogle Scholar4 BECKGRISWOLD CSRA: Pericardiectomy in the treatment of the Pick syndrome, Arch. of Surg., 1930, xxi, 1064. CrossrefGoogle Scholar5 MORISON A: Thoracostomy in heart disease, Lancet, 1908, 38. LENORMANT, CH., and D'AUBIGNE, R. M.: La thoracectomie précordiale dans les symphyses et certaines hypertrophies cardiaques, J. de chir., 1928, xxxi, 161-175. Google Scholar6 BLUMGARTLEVINEBERLIN HLSADD: The therapeutic effect of thyroidectomy on congestive heart failure and angina pectoris in patients with no clinical or pathological evidence of thyroid toxicity, Arch. Int. Med., 1933. BLUMGART, H. L., RISEMAN, J. E. F., DAVIS, D., and BERLIN, D. D.: The therapeutic effect of total ablation of the thyroid on congestive heart failure and angina pectoris in patients with no clinical or pathological evidence of thyroid toxicity. III. Early results in various types of cardiovascular disease and coincident pathological states, Arch. Int. Med. (In Press). Google Scholar7 BERLIN DD: The therapeutic effect of complete thyroidectomy on congestive heart failure and angina pectoris in patients with no clinical or pathological evidence of thyroid toxicity. II. Operative technic, Am. Jr.Surg. (In press.) Google Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byBIOCHEMICAL ABNORMALITIES IN THYROID DISEASEB.M.R. AND RADIO-IODINE TESTS IN DIAGNOSIS OF THYROID DISEASEBibliographyBlood Iodine and Thyroid FunctionDie Basedowsche Krankheit 1 July 1933Volume 7, Issue 1Page: 131-133KeywordsAlcoholsAnginaCardiac surgeryCardiovascular therapyNervesSurgeonsThoracic surgery Issue Published: 1 July 1933 PDF downloadLoading ...