title: [The usefulness of electrophysiology in a patient undergoing cardiomyoplasty].
abstract: The cardiomyoplasty is a new surgical procedure that uses a skeletal muscle electrostimulated in order to reinforce or even substitute partially the cardiac muscle. We present the electrophysiology aspects in a patient with dilated cardiomyopathy that underwent cardiomyoplasty. First the latissimus dorsi muscle was prepared with a neurostimulant ITREL II. During the surgical procedure a dual-chamber pacemaker mode DDD brand CPI was placed. After three months, ablation radiofrequency of the AV node was performed in order to control the atrial fibrillation that caused heart failure. By means of the AV block we obtained synchrony between the ventricular stimulation and the latissimus dorsi muscle, and by this the patient improved. Using the modern pacemakers and radiofrequency we can control the bradyarrhythmias as well as the tachyarrhythmias frequent in patients with dilated cardiomyopathy, increasing the success rate of cardiomyoplasty.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Electrofisiología, Instituto Nacional de Cardiología Ignacio Chávez, INCICH, México, D.F.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Iturralde
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Valenzuela
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Colín
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kershenovich
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Barragán
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ramírez
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Juárez
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Dorticós
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Molina
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Martínez Ríos
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001281:Atrial Fibrillation / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D001283:Atrioventricular Node / Q000601:surgery; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures; D002311:Cardiomyopathy, Dilated / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000601:surgery; D017115:Catheter Ablation; D004594:Electrophysiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009132:Muscles / Q000637:transplantation; D010138:Pacemaker, Artificial; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D012086:Reoperation
vernacular_title: Utilidad de la electrofisiología en un paciente sometido a cardiomioplastía.