Chekanov V S, Deshpande S, Francischelli D, Werner P, Waller D, Schmidt D H
Milwaukee Heart Institute, Wisconsin, USA.
Ann Thorac Surg. 1998 Sep;66(3):954-6. doi: 10.1016/s0003-4975(98)00568-2.
Presently, a combination of two surgical methods improves the survival of patients with advanced ventricular dysfunction: implantable cardioverter/defibrillator implantation (which prevents sudden cardiac death) and cardiomyoplasty (which prevents further dilatation of the heart and provides additional cardiac assistance). We report the clinical course of a patient who had cardiomyoplasty after cardioverter/defibrillator implantation and pacemaker insertion. It is a rare case in which three different devices cardioverter/defibrillator, pacemaker, and cardiomyostimulator) are functioning together without crosstalk.
