title: Cardiomyoplasty: first clinical case with new cardiomyostimulator.
abstract: Dynamic cardiomyoplasty was performed in a patient using a new cardio-myostimulator (LD-PACE II) designed to enable a novel stimulation regimen that utilizes a new range of stimulation options, including cessation during sleep. After treatment, left ventricular ejection fraction improved in 24 months from 15% to 25% and New York Heart Association classification improved from class IV to II.
authors.affiliation: Heart Care Associates, Inc. Milwaukee Heart Institute at Aurora-Sinai Medical Center Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201, USA. ahcvch@execpc.com
authors.forename: Valeri S
authors.initials: VS
authors.lastname: Chekanov
authors.forename: Duane E
authors.initials: DE
authors.lastname: Sands
authors.forename: Conville S
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Brown
authors.forename: Fernando
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Brum
authors.forename: Pedro
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Arzuaga
authors.forename: Sebastian
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gava
authors.forename: Ferdinand P
authors.initials: FP
authors.lastname: Eugenio
authors.forename: Vladimir
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Melamed
authors.forename: Howard W
authors.initials: HW
authors.lastname: Spencer
mesh_terms: D018421:Cardiomyoplasty / Q000295:instrumentation*; D004558:Electric Stimulation / Q000295:instrumentation; D005260:Female; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D013318:Stroke Volume / Q000502:physiology