title: Cardiomyoplasty--the beginning of a new era.
abstract: Cardiomyoplasty is a surgical treatment for a well-defined group of patients who suffer from congestive heart failure. The procedure is not a contraindication to perform a future heart transplantation, when indicated. The clinical results up to 7 years after cardiomyoplasty are encouraging, but there is still a gap between the significant functional capacity improvement of the patients after cardiomyoplasty and the moderate hemodynamic change. Experimental data and recent measurements in patients provide new insights in understanding the physiologic effect of cardiomyoplasty.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Carmel Medical Center, Haifa, Israel.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Bolotin
authors.forename: F H
authors.initials: FH
authors.lastname: Van der Veen
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Schreuder
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Lorusso
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ben David
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Uretzky
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D018421:Cardiomyoplasty / Q000379:methods* / Q000401:mortality / Q000639:trends; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006439:Hemodynamics; D006801:Humans; D018579:Patient Selection; D016896:Treatment Outcome