Skeletal Muscle Ventricles in Continuity with the Bloodstream
Ukoha O, Braxton J, Letsou G, Hogan J, Ariyan S, Elefteriades J. Skeletal Muscle Ventricles in Continuity with the Bloodstream. Journal Of Cardiac Surgery 1996, 11: 271-279. PMID: 8902641, DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8191.1996.tb00050.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsAortaCardiomyoplastyCoronary CirculationDisease Models, AnimalDogsElectric StimulationHeart FailureHeart VentriclesMuscle, SkeletalTransplantation, AutologousConceptsAverage systolic pressureDegree of augmentationSystolic pressureDiastolic augmentationBlood flowCanine modelEnd-stage congestive heart failureOutflow conduitIntra-aortic balloon pumpStimulation delayCongestive heart failureLatissimus dorsi muscleSkeletal muscle ventriclesSMV ruptureSMV stimulationThoracodorsal nerveTiming of stimulationArterial pressureRespiratory insufficiencyBalloon pumpHeart failureProlonged anticoagulationValved conduitIntraoperative instabilityProsthetic valves