Word: mamiya
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...What power are you on?" Mamiya asked...
...Make it 40," Mamiya said. The heart leaped, then settled into a natural rhythm of about 70 beats per minute...
...blood coursed through the new "arteries," Mamiya checked the connections for tightness and started the final phase of his task. Because the remaining vein segments from the left leg were too narrow, he ordered the right leg opened and its saphenous vein removed. Taking two pieces of this vein, which proved to be of heavier caliber, he anchored them to the aorta; then he attached one to the posterior descending coronary artery, the other to the left anterior descending artery. In effect, he had used the first three bypasses to clear traffic through the clogged local streets-and the aortic...
Satisfied with his deft work, he turned over the job of closing up the patient to other members of his team-doctors who were preparing to become chief surgeons themselves. Mamiya had spent two hours at the table...
Seven Bypasses. Mamiya is modest about his achievements, but others are vocal. One articulate testimonial to the surgeon's skill is Buck Buchwach, the Honolulu Advertiser's executive editor, whose case has drawn much attention to the advanced state of surgery in Hawaii. "Bucky" had had two heart attacks, the first at age 37, and a two-bypass graft at a famous U.S. mainland center. Results were unsatisfactory. Barely surviving a third attack a year ago, he was referred to Mamiya, who put in seven bypasses. At 56, Buchwach now works with "front page" drive and even feels...