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Ann Thorac Surg 1997;64:85
© 1997 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

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Invited Commentary

Invited Commentary

Department of Surgery, MCP/Hahnemann School of Medicine, Allegheny University of the Health Sciences, 320 E North Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15212-4772

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See also page 81.

From its inception, cardiomyoplasty was by definition a dynamic procedure. It is by nature a sound concept, a "do-able" intervention, and still a promising surgical therapeutic measure for patients with otherwise irreversible congestive heart failure. The ventricular systolic augmentation intended by the synchronous contraction of an onlaid "conditioned" skeletal muscle, as much as the limitation of progressive cardiac dilatation and the eventual ventricular remodeling, are all dynamic components. In cardio-myo-plasty there is no room for a "static" component, not even as a concept. It would . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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