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Ann Thorac Surg 2002;74:1096-1097
© 2002 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Invited commentary

William P. Santamore, PhDa

a Temple University School of Medicine, Medical Research Building, Rm. 801, 3420 N. Broad Street, Philadelphia, PA 19140, USA

e-mail: wsantamo@unit.temple.edu

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Cardiomyoplasty lives on in its legacy. While not currently a viable clinical option, the lessons and insights learned from cardiomyoplasty has influenced a new generation of passive devices to treat heart failure. Before cardiomyoplasty, surgeons avoided wrapping or restraining the heart. However, cardiomyoplasty showed that wrapping the heart, at least with a biological material, was tolerated; restrictive filling did not . . . [Full Text of this Article]






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