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The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, Vol 53, 750-756, Copyright © 1992 by The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

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Skeletal muscle ventricles in the pulmonary circulation: up to 16 weeks' experience

H Niinami, TL Hooper, RL Hammond, R Ruggiero, H Lu, AD Spanta, A Pochettino, M Colson and LW Stephenson
Department of Surgery, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan 48201.

Skeletal muscle ventricles (SMVs) were constructed from the right latissimus dorsi muscle of 8 mongrel dogs. After a 3-week vascular delay period, each SMV was electrically preconditioned with 2-Hz continuous stimulation of the thoracodorsal nerve for 6 weeks. A porcine-valved conduit was then anastomosed between the right ventricle and the SMV, with a second valved conduit connecting the SMV to the main pulmonary artery. The pulmonary artery was then ligated proximal to the conduit. The SMVs were stimulated to contract in 1:2 diastolic mode with a 33-Hz burst frequency. Effective right ventricular assist was achieved in all dogs. Cardiac output increased by 22.6% (1,799 +/- 97 versus 1,467 +/- 84 mL/min; p less than 0.001), systemic systolic arterial pressure by 9.3% (90.1 +/- 3.5 versus 82.4 +/- 3.9 mm Hg; p less than 0.005), and peak pulmonary artery pressure by 31.8% (27.8 +/- 2.0 versus 21.1 +/- 1.7 mm Hg; p less than 0.001) at the initiation of this study. In 6 dogs, effective right heart assist was sustained for periods of between 1 week and 12 weeks. Two dogs survived for longer than 3 months, though with evidence of deteriorating SMV function. These results demonstrate the feasibility of providing sustained right ventricular assist using this modified "Rastelli-SMV" configuration, which obviates the limitations imposed by low right atrial preload.

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