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7715896

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
12
pubmed:dateCreated
1995-5-18
pubmed:abstractText
Dynamic cardiomyoplasty is a new surgical technique that uses electrically stimulated skeletal muscle to partially replace or reinforce the heart muscle in the treatment of advanced heart failure. Clinical experience with cardiomyoplasty is limited, which has precluded definitive conclusions about its value. We have studied the effect of cardiomyoplasty on the heart muscle when the skeletal muscle was being stimulated to coincide with alternate natural beats. The left ventricular function was assessed using radionuclide angiography during the beat immediately following skeletal muscle stimulation and during the beat immediately before stimulation. When the supported beat is compared with the unsupported beat, the results demonstrate that cardiomyoplasty improves the global and regional ejection fraction. The regurgitation index remains unchanged. The systolic peak emptying rate improves but the diastolic peak filling rate worsens. This latter finding provides additional information regarding the diastolic function of the heart following cardiomyoplasty, which is presently not well understood.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0143-3636
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
15
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
969-71
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1994
pubmed:articleTitle
Inter-beat changes in left ventricular function with cardiomyoplasty as measured using MUGA scanning.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Medical Physics, Riyadh Al Kharj Hospital Programme, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports