A Brief History of Cardiomyoplasty: Worth Another Look?
This article reviews the concept and extensive experimentation done over two decades ago to convert and apply skeletal muscle for cardiac assistance—so called “cardiomyoplasty”. Skeletal muscle was either wrapped around a failing heart or fashioned into accessory cardiac pumping chambers. Although t...
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| description | This article reviews the concept and extensive experimentation done over two decades ago to convert and apply skeletal muscle for cardiac assistance—so called “cardiomyoplasty”. Skeletal muscle was either wrapped around a failing heart or fashioned into accessory cardiac pumping chambers. Although the era of cardiomyoplasty came to an end when the cardiac wraps were found ineffective, the concept of independent accessory skeletal muscle ventricles may be worth another look. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-411d9f7e87b9469280084018cd3dde6f2022-12-22T02:29:07ZengIMR PressReviews in Cardiovascular Medicine1530-65502022-04-0123515910.31083/j.rcm2305159S1530-6550(22)00492-6A Brief History of Cardiomyoplasty: Worth Another Look?John A. Elefteriades0Aortic Institute at Yale-New Haven Hospital, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06510, USAThis article reviews the concept and extensive experimentation done over two decades ago to convert and apply skeletal muscle for cardiac assistance—so called “cardiomyoplasty”. Skeletal muscle was either wrapped around a failing heart or fashioned into accessory cardiac pumping chambers. Although the era of cardiomyoplasty came to an end when the cardiac wraps were found ineffective, the concept of independent accessory skeletal muscle ventricles may be worth another look.https://www.imrpress.com/journal/RCM/23/5/10.31083/j.rcm2305159cardiomyoplastyheart failurecardiac assistskeletal musclemuscle conditioningaccessory ventricle |
| spellingShingle | John A. Elefteriades A Brief History of Cardiomyoplasty: Worth Another Look? Reviews in Cardiovascular Medicine cardiomyoplasty heart failure cardiac assist skeletal muscle muscle conditioning accessory ventricle |
| title | A Brief History of Cardiomyoplasty: Worth Another Look? |
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