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Abstract
Autologous skeletal muscle that is wrapped around the heart and electrically stimulated in order to provide mechanical heart assistance. The latissimus dorsi muscle is commonly used to form this ventricle that functions to independently augment cardiac performance by pumping in series with the heart.
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- Muscle Ventricle, Skeletal
- Muscle Ventricles, Skeletal
- Skeletal Muscle Ventricles
- Ventricle, Skeletal Muscle
- Ventricles, Skeletal Muscle
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Indexed with the subheadings adverse effects, blood supply, classification, economics, ethics, history, immunology, innervation, microbiology, parasitology, pathology, physiology, standards, statistics & numerical data, supply & distribution, trends, veterinary, virology.
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autol skeletal musc wrapped around heart & electrically stimulated to provide mechanical heart assist
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History Note
98; was see CARDIOMYOPLASTY 1995-97
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Previous Indexing
- Cardiomyoplasty (1995-1997)
- Muscles (1989-1994)
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- National Library of Medicine. Skeletal Muscle Ventricle. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D019739. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D019739
- Skeletal Muscle Ventricle. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q70092724