Pettrey L J, Leflar-DiLeva K M
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The number of patients with end-stage heart failure is rapidly increasing and traditional therapies are not able to effectively meet the demand. The health care profession continues to search for innovative alternative treatments and dynamic cardiomyoplasty is viewed as an option for patients in this population. Now this procedure is being offered through clinical trials at five sites in the United States, but this number will increase and nurses across the country will want to prepare to care for patients with this interesting and unusual procedure.
终末期心力衰竭患者的数量正在迅速增加，而传统疗法无法有效满足需求。医疗行业继续寻求创新的替代疗法，动态心肌成形术被视为这类患者的一种选择。目前，美国五个地点正在通过临床试验开展这一手术，但这一数量将会增加，全国各地的护士都需要做好准备，为接受这种有趣且独特手术的患者提供护理。
