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Ann Thorac Surg 2001;72:1343
© 2001 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Invited commentary

George J. Magovern, Jr, MDa, Dennis R. Trumble, MSa

a Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Allegheny General Hospital, 320 East North Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15212, USA

e-mail: gmagover@wpahs.org

This study offers several interesting insights regarding the application of skeletal muscle as an auxiliary means to pump blood. Dr Letsou and his colleagues confirm once again that stimulation parameters are of critical importance to the proper function of any muscle-powered system and that changes in contractile dynamics due to conditioning must be taken into consideration when attempting to coordinate muscle contractions with the heart. An important case in point is their finding that conditioned skeletal muscle ventricles can, in . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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