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In patients with congestive heart failure, medical treatment has a high rate of mortality and morbidity, and transplantation is limited by the availability of donor hearts. Dynamic cardiomyoplasty is being investigated as surgical therapy to improve left ventricular function in these patients. To evaluate the early postoperative effects of this procedure on left ventricular diastolic function, we studied seven dogs through the use of sonomicrometry and micromanometry in a canine model of dynamic cardiomyoplasty. Left ventricular diastolic parameters were determined before wrapping the latissimus dorsi muscle (baseline), after latissimus dorsi muscle wrap but without stimulation, and with synchronous left ventricular contraction-latissimus dorsi muscle stimulation. End-diastolic pressure was increased in both conditions after latissimus dorsi muscle wrap (without stimulation, 5 +/- 1; with stimulation, 6 +/- 2 mm Hg; p < 0.05) compared with baseline (3 +/- 2 mm Hg). The peak rate of diastolic pressure decay was greater at baseline (1560 +/- 370 mm Hg/sec) than after latissimus dorsi muscle wrap, both without (1260 +/- 330 mm Hg/sec, p < 0.01) and with (1120 +/- 420 mm Hg/sec, p < 0.01) stimulation. The constant of pressure decay was prolonged both without (53 +/- 10 seconds, p < 0.05) and with (62 +/- 11 seconds, p < 0.01) latissimus dorsi muscle stimulation compared with the baseline (38 +/- 5 seconds). Compared with baseline (0.2 +/- 0.2 cm-2), the constant of passive chamber stiffness increased after the latissimus dorsi muscle was wrapped around the heart (1.6 +/- 0.7 cm-2, p < 0.05) and with stimulation (2.1 +/- 1.0 cm-2, p < 0.01). The maximal diastolic filling rate (baseline, 18.1 +/- 6.7; without stimulation, 16.6 +/- 8.9; with stimulation, 16.6 +/- 4.1 cm2/sec, not significant) and end-diastolic short-axis area (baseline, 7.3 +/- 2.3; without stimulation, 7.4 +/- 2.1; with stimulation, 7.5 +/- 2.3 cm2, not significant) were similar among the three conditions. The latissimus dorsi muscle wrap prolonged relaxation and increased left ventricular passive stiffness. Synchronous latissimus dorsi muscle stimulation with left ventricular contraction did not improve diastolic function in this model. The results suggest that in the early postoperative period, dynamic cardiomyoplasty impairs diastolic function.
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