VINEBERG, ARTHUR MARTIN

born May 24, 1903, Montreal died March 26, 1988, Montreal Canadian heart surgeon, noted chiefly for his development, in 1950, of a surgical procedure for correction of impaired coronary circulation. The Vineberg procedure involved implanting the left internal mammary artery into the heart wall. Later he combined this procedure with transferring fatty tissue from around the intestines to around the heart. The transferred tissue then developed new vascular connections with the heart muscle. Vineberg received his M.S. degree (1928) and his Ph.D. (1933) in physiology from McGill University, Montreal. He studied in Paris and New York City before joining the staff of the Royal Victoria Hospital, Montreal, where in 1957 he was named head of the department of cardiac surgery. He wrote How to Live with Your Heart: The Family Guide to Heart Health (1975) and, with Lorene Freeman, Myocardial Revascularization by Arterial/Ventricular Implants (1982).