Structural alterations in the latissimus dorsi muscles in three patients more than 2 years after a cardiomyoplasty procedure | Zendy

J.H.L. Davidse | Zendy; F.H. van der Veen | Zendy; C.M.H.B. Lucas | Zendy; O.C.K.M. Penn | Zendy; Mat J.A.P. Daemen | Zendy; H. J. J. Wellens | Zendy

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Structural alterations in the latissimus dorsi muscles in three patients more than 2 years after a cardiomyoplasty procedure

Author(s) -

J.H.L. Davidse,

F.H. van der Veen,

C.M.H.B. Lucas,

O.C.K.M. Penn,

Mat J.A.P. Daemen,

H. J. J. Wellens

Publication year - 1998

Publication title -

european heart journal

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 4.336

H-Index - 293

eISSN - 1522-9645

pISSN - 0195-668X

DOI - 10.1053/euhj.1997.0590

Subject(s) - cardiomyoplasty , latissimus dorsi muscle , medicine , skeletal muscle , anatomy , heart failure , surgery , cardiology

The long-term effects of the use of the latissimus dorsi muscle for dynamic cardiomyoplasty were studied. Skeletal muscle fast fatiguable type II fibres are transformed to highly fatigue-resistant type I fibres in animal models, and is assumed to occur in men. However, it is not known whether this same transformation occurs in patients with chronic heart failure.

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