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The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Vol 104, 1125-1134, Copyright © 1992 by The American Association for Thoracic Surgery and The Western Thoracic Surgical Association

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Full-thickness dynamic cardiomyoplasty of the left ventricle with free revascularized latissimus dorsi myografts. An experimental feasibility study

K Morita, K Koyanagi, Y Sakamoto, S Horikoshi, M Matsui and T Arai
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.

Dynamic cardiomyoplasty, with use of a free latissimus dorsi myograft revascularized by the internal thoracic artery and vein, was performed in eight dogs subjected to electrical preconditioning for 8 to 12 weeks (group I) and in six unconditioned dogs (group II). The procedure was performed after the resection of the anterior wall of the left ventricle. Cardiac output and left ventricular stroke work were augmented by 23.7% +/- 9.4% and 44.1% +/- 15.9% after graft pacing with 50 Hz burst stimulation at a 1:1 synchronization ratio, while left atrial pressure ranged from 8 to 12 mm Hg. Analysis of the left ventricular function curve showed that graft pacing at rates of 1:1, 2:1, and 3:1 augmented global left ventricular function. Hemodynamic benefit by continuous pacing at a 3:1 ratio was seen for 1.97 +/- 1.90 hours (0.5 to 6.1 hours) in group I until complications unrelated to the graft terminated the study, while it lasted for only 0.19 +/- 0.09 hour in group II. During the stimulation, the ratio of the lactate output to the oxygen consumption of the graft in group I, a possible indicator of metabolic shift, was significantly less than in group II, (0.46 +/- 0.58 and 6.34 +/- 1.73; p < 0.01). We conclude that free grafts of transformed latissimus dorsi muscle can augment global left ventricular performance, with a physiologic preload by oxidative metabolism, and provide a viable option in full-thickness dynamic cardiomyoplasty.

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