University of Nebraska Medical Center DigitalCommons@UNMC MD Theses Special Collections 5-1-1940 Surgical treatment of coronary disease and angina pectoris Dan A. Nye University of Nebraska Medical Center This manuscript is historical in nature and may not reflect current medical research and practice. Search PubMed for current research. Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.unmc.edu/mdtheses Part of the Medical Education Commons Recommended Citation Nye, Dan A., "Surgical treatment of coronary disease and angina pectoris" (1940). MD Theses. 823. https://digitalcommons.unmc.edu/mdtheses/823 This Thesis is brought to you for free and open access by the Special Collections at DigitalCommons@UNMC. It has been accepted for inclusion in MD Theses by an authorized administrator of DigitalCommons@UNMC. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. THE SURGICAL TREATMENT OF CORONARY DISEASE AND ANGI:fA PECTORIS by DAN A. NYE Senior Thesis Presented to The College of Medicine University of Nebraska Omaha! Nebraska 940 TAELE 03' II r}EJ?r~r1.AIJ C(~~1~~IDE?J.~TIC 1 1'TS 1 Experimental Angina Pectoric 7 III OPERATIVE PROCEDURES UPON THE sy:,iPATF.ETIC NERVOUS SYSTE;1 FOR THE RELIEF OF C.\RDI.!\.C PAIN 16 1 Sympathectomy 17 A Undesirable Effects 26 2 Paravertebral Injection of Alcohol 27 A Undesirable Effects 31 3 Reasons for Failure 33 IV TOTAL THYROIDECTOMY FOR THE RELIEF OF CARDIAC PAIN 37 1 Relationship of the Thyroid and Cardiac Disease 37 2 Rationale of Total Extirpation of the Normal Thyroid Gland 40 3