Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Dog with dilated heart disease treated by muscle wrap surgery
By Orton, E C et al.·Published in Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association·1994·Department of Clinical Sciences, United States·View original on PubMed →
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Original publication title: Dynamic cardiomyoplasty for treatment of idiopathic dilatative cardiomyopathy in a dog.
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- dog
Plain-English summary
A dog with advanced heart disease called dilatative cardiomyopathy underwent a unique surgical procedure known as dynamic cardiomyoplasty. This involved using a muscle from the dog's back to help support the heart's function. After the surgery, the dog showed improvement in its overall health and heart function. This innovative treatment may provide a new option for managing this serious heart condition in dogs.
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Abstract
In a dog with advanced dilatative cardiomyopathy, dynamic cardiomyoplasty resulted in improvement in clinical status and systolic function. Dynamic cardiomyoplasty involved surgical isolation of the right latissimus dorsi muscle on its neurovascular pedicle, transposition of the muscle into the thoracic cavity, wrapping the ventricles with the muscle, and implantation of a myostimulator for cardiosynchronous stimulation of the muscle. After a 2-week period, the latissimus muscle underwent a 50-day period of progressive burst stimulation to transform the muscle to a fatigue resistant phenotype. Thereafter, the muscle received cardiosynchronous stimulation at a 3:1 R-wave-to-burst ratio. This procedure may offer hope for long-term treatment of dilatative cardiomyopathy in dogs.
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