Acute effects of dynamic cardiomyoplasty on ventricular geometry and left ventricular filling detected by transesophageal doppler echocardiography.
We investigated 7 patients with chronic congestive heart failure undergoing dynamic cardiomyoplasty with intraoperative transesophageal echocardiography. Biventricular wrapping acutely modified right or left ventricular geometry, but did not induce acute restriction to left ventricular filling.
Barbier
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Istituto di Cardiologia dell'Università degli Studi, Fondazione Monzino IRCCS, Milan, Italy.
Gerometta
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Tamborini
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Biglioli
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Sisillo
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Guazzi
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D000368:Aged; D016280:Atrial Function, Right; D001794:Blood Pressure; D002302:Cardiac Output; D018421:Cardiomyoplasty; D015150:Echocardiography, Doppler; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D005260:Female; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000601:surgery; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007430:Intraoperative Care; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011669:Pulmonary Wedge Pressure; D012815:Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted; D013318:Stroke Volume; D018084:Ultrasonography, Interventional; D016277:Ventricular Function, Left