Medical Dictionary
Main Entry:
Vine·berg procedure Pronunciation:
'vIn-"b&rg- Function:
noun : surgical implantation of an internal thoracic artery into themyocardium
Vineberg,
Arthur Martin (1903–1988), Canadian surgeon. Vineberg served as director of cardiothoracic surgery at one Montreal hospital and as a consultant incardiac surgery at several others. In 1945 he began research on the revascularization of the myocardium for the treatment of coronary insufficiency.
