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Ann Thorac Surg 2002;73:342-343
© 2002 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Correspondence

Cellular myoplasty: what are we really trying to achieve?

Robert C. Gorman, MDa, Joseph H. Gorman, III, MDa

a Department of Surgery, Hospital of The University of Pennsylvania, 3400 Spruce St, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA

To the Editor

The article by Dr Pouzet and his colleagues in the March 2001 issue of The Annals [1] adds to a rapidly expanding body of literature assessing the efficacy of "cellular myoplasty" in preventing or reversing heart failure due to postinfarction left ventricular remodeling.

The implied hypothesis is that cellular myoplasty replaces cardiac myocytes, which are lost as a result of myocardial infarction. While . . . [Full Text of this Article]






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