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Cardiomyoplasty: first clinical case with new cardiomyostimulator
Valeri S Chekanov1, Duane E Sands, Conville S Brown
1Heart Care Associates, Inc. Milwaukee Heart Institute at Aurora-Sinai Medical Center Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201, USA. ahcvch@execpc.com
Asian Cardiovascular & Thoracic Annals
|September 6, 2002
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.