Canadian Medical Guide > Anatomy > Tissues > Surgically-Created Structures > Skeletal Muscle Ventricle Terms and Definitions
Skeletal Muscle Ventricle
Medical Definition: | Autologous skeletal muscle that is wrapped around the heart and electrically stimulated in order to provide mechanical heart assistance. The latissimus dorsi muscle is commonly used to form this ventricle that functions to independently augment cardiac performance by pumping in series with the heart. |
Guide Notes: | autol skeletal musc wrapped around heart & electrically stimulated to provide mechanical heart assist |
Previously Indexed: | Cardiomyoplasty (1995-1997),Muscles (1989-1994) |
Skeletal Muscle Ventricle Medical Definitions and Terms
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