Cardiomyoplasty

What is cardiomyoplasty?

This is a procedure in which skeletal muscles are taken from a patient's back or abdomen. Then they're wrapped around an ailing heart. This added muscle, aided by ongoing stimulation from a device similar to a pacemaker, may boost the heart's pumping motion.

This procedure is experimental, and performed in limited numbers. Some research suggests that the procedure may not be as effective as originally hoped.

 



See also:

Cardiomyopathy
Congestive Heart Failure
Heart, How It Works
Pacemakers



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Overweight children and adolescents have a 62 percent to 98 percent chance of being overweight at age 35, which increases their risk of heart disease.



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