Cardiomyoplasty Benefits in Experimental Myocardial Dysfunction
- 1 June 1989
- journal article
- Published by Hindawi Limited in Journal of Cardiac Surgery
- Vol. 4 (2), 164-170
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1540-8191.1989.tb00273.x
Abstract
Beneficial effects of cardiomyoplasty have been documented and the use of this technique in the treatment of dilated cardiomyopathy have been suggested. This study was undertaken to evaluate the effectiveness of stimulated preconditioned latissimus dorsi muscle flaps wrapped around the heart in order to restore ventricular contractility in six adult mongrel dogs with induced myocardial dysfunction by administration of beta blockers and volume loading. Hemodynamic and two-dimensional echocardiographic evaluation were performed 1 week after the surgical procedure and immediately after heart failure induction. With synchronous pulse train electrical stimulation, cardiac output increased from 1.46 +/- 0.13 (+/- SD) to 2.01 +/- 0.16 L/min (p less than 0.01), pulmonary wedge pressure decreased from 15.5 +/- 1.2 to 11.3 +/- 1.6 mmHg (p less than 0.01) and left ventricular end-diastolic pressure from 18.3 +/- 2.4 to 13.5 +/- 1.4 mmHg (p less than 0.04). Echo derived left ventricular ejection fraction increased from 39.3 +/- 2.4 to 59.6 +/- 2.9% (p less than 0.01) and segmental wall shortening from 15.4 +/- 1.2 to 26.3 +/- 1.7% (p less than 0.01), inclusive when the muscle flap was wrapped only around the left ventricle. In conclusion, this study suggests that cardiomyoplasty may be an alternative method of treatment for irreversible cardiomyopathy, including in patients with a great cardiac enlargement in which muscle flap may only be wrapped partially around the heart.Keywords
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