Word: omentum
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...removes all of its inner layer (the epicardium). Then he wraps the heart in what amounts to a blanket of tissue that is rich in blood vessels. To get this material, he cuts through the diaphragm and takes out a 6-inch by 10-inch piece of the omentum, the apron of fat that lies over the intestines. Dr. Vineberg closes the diaphragm incision and wraps the omentum around the heart. Although it has been cut away from its natural blood supply, it soon develops new arterial and venous connections, and shares its generous blood flow with the heart muscle...
...British Surgeon Laurence O'Shaughnessy (who was killed at Dunkirk). Dr. Vineberg opened Watkins' chest, cut into the heart sac and removed part of its innermost layer, the epicardium. This exposed the enlarged left ventricle. From the abdominal cavity he pulled up a flap of the omentum, a layer of fatty tissue which has a generous blood supply, and attached it so that the omentum's blood would nourish the left ventricle...
...home a few days later. That was in July. Taking things easy at home, he now finds he can get around without trouble, can even climb stairs. Cardiac surgeons will watch Watkins' progress when he goes back to work in a couple of weeks to see whether the omentum can give fresh momentum to failing hearts such...
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