Korean J Anesthesiol.  1997 Jul;33(1):162-166. 10.4097/kjae.1997.33.1.162.

Anesthetic Experience of Dynamic Cardiomyoplasty: A case report

• Kwon JH
• Kwon DH
• Cho YR

• KMID: 2240209
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.4097/kjae.1997.33.1.162

Abstract

Dynamic cardiomyoplasty is a recently introduced surgical method to improve myocardial performance. It consists of a placement of a skeletal muscle flap around the heart and stimulation of the flap in synchrony with ventricular contraction. We experienced a case of cardiomyoplasty in a 25 year old male patient with congestive heart failure. Anesthesia was induced and maintained with fentanyl, midazolam and isoflurane. The operation was performed for 8hrs without cardiopulmonary bypass and the patient was transferred to the intensive care unit. He was mechanically ventilated electively overnight and extubation was done 18hrs postoperatively. The patient was discharged home on the 40days after operation and improved in exercise tolerance. We report the anesthetic management and hemodynamic changes in a patient who underwent dynamic cardiomyoplasty.

Keyword

Heart, congestive heart failure; Surgery, cardiomyoplasty

MeSH Terms

Adult
Anesthesia
Cardiomyoplasty*
Cardiopulmonary Bypass
Exercise Tolerance
Fentanyl
Heart
Heart Failure
Hemodynamics
Humans
Intensive Care Units
Isoflurane
Male
Midazolam
Muscle, Skeletal
Fentanyl
Isoflurane
Midazolam