title: Cardiology. Cardiomyoplasty.
abstract: Cardiac transplantation is an excellent surgical option that offers positive results for many patients with end stage heart failure (Large 1995). However, the availability of donor hearts does not meet the demand, resulting in the exclusion of patients who, for example, are more than 60 years old and for whom transplantation is contraindicated. Dynamic cardiomyoplasty has been developed to help such a client group.
authors.affiliation: Royal Brompton Hospital NHS Trust.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Metcalfe
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Cox
mesh_terms: D018421:Cardiomyoplasty / Q000379:methods / Q000451:nursing*; D006801:Humans; D011182:Postoperative Care; D011300:Preoperative Care