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Bilateral latissimus dorsi cardiomyoplasty
Journal article   Peer reviewed

Bilateral latissimus dorsi cardiomyoplasty

James A. Magovern, Anthony P. Furnary, Ignacio Y. Christlieb, Race L. Kao and George J. Magovern
The Annals of thoracic surgery, v 52(6), pp 1259-1265
1991
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/0003-4975(91)90010-N
PMID: 1755679
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Abstract

This study was undertaken to test the hypothesis that a bilateral latissimus dorsi cardiomyoplasty provides greater hemodynamic augmentation than a unilateral procedure. Two types of bilateral procedure and a left posterior cardiomyoplasty were tested in each of 8 mongrel dogs. R-wave synchronous muscle pacing was achieved with a programmable burst stimulator. Hemodynamic variables of stimulated beats were compared with those of a nonstimulated baseline using paired t tests. The effects of a double anterior muscle wrap were equal to a right anterior/left posterior configuration. Therefore, the data on the two types of bilateral procedure were combined and compared with the left wrap. Stimulation of the bilateral cardiomyoplasty resulted in significant increases in right ventricular pressure (44 ± 3.1 versus 26 ± 1.8), first derivative of right ventricular pressure (595 ± 117 versus 196 ± 14), pulmonary artery pressure (34 ± 1.9 versus 23 ± 1.6), left ventricular pressure (90 ± 5.9 versus 69 ± 5.3), first derivative of left ventricular pressure (1454 ± 141 versus 1072 ± 107), aortic pressure (80 ± 5.4 versus 67 ± 4.9), and peak aortic flow (9.4 ± 1.1 versus 7.7 ± 0.8) ( p < 0.05). Significant increases in all of these variables also occurred with stimulation of the left cardiomyoplasty, but the increases in right ventricular pressure, first derivative of right ventricular pressure, pulmonary artery pressure, and aortic pressure were larger for the bilateral than the left cardiomyoplasty. The bilateral and the left procedure can each augment systolic ventricular function. The bilateral procedure appears to have greater effects, especially on right ventricular function.

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Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
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