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Ann Thorac Surg 2002;73:346-347
© 2002 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Correspondence

Dynamic cardiomyoplasty: "the truth that dare not speak its name"

John M. Alvarez, FRACSa

a Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Nedlands, Perth, W. Australia 6009, Australia

To the Editor

I believe Barron and colleagues [1] are to be congratulated on an excellent study relating to how a latissimus dorsi (LD) muscle should be managed best if it is to produce optimal performance as a transformed, fatigue resistant, skeletal muscle used as a viable biological assist device. Both senior authors, Pepper and Salmons [1] previously added substantially to the advancement of knowledge in this field. Importantly, by a novel preconditioning program that is radically different to what human cardiomyoplasty (CMP) patients had to their respective LD, . . . [Full Text of this Article]






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