Treatment of coronary disease with angina by pericoronary neurectomy combined with ligation of the great cardiac vein

From “Spongy” and “Cold” Hearts to Cellular Cardiomyoplasty: Tales of Canadian Contribution to Global Cardiac Surgery

“…Fauteau was also interested in pericardial neurectomy, done alone or combined with great cardiac vein ligation. Of the nine patients operated on with this technique, seven were alive and well when the results were reported in 1946 [4]. Such efforts represent the untiring efforts of those pioneers to provide additional blood supply to hearts that had suffered coronary artery occlusions leading to angina and myocardial infarction.…”

History of Surgical Treatment of Ischemic Heart Disease?Pre-?Coronary Bypass Grafting? Era

“…He later performed the procedure on five more patients. Fauteux et al 41 later experimented by combining great cardiac vein ligation along with pericoronary neurectomy. Beck and colleagues 42 (1945) worked on techniques of construction of an arteriovenous fistula between the aorta and the coronary sinus by using a segment of free brachial artery.…”

Cardiovascular Surgery in Geriatrics*

“…Carter (4), in this country, also pursued this line of endeavor and followed Lezius (5) in reporting good results with clinical studies. Fauteux (6) approached the problem from the neurogenic standpoint, performing periaortic neurectomy and ligating the coronary sinus. This procedure had given him excellent results in animals, but the effect in human subjects was not dramatic.…”