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2. Cardiomyoplasty - Wikipedia

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   Cardiomyoplasty is a surgical procedure in which healthy muscle from another part of the body is wrapped around the heart to provide support for the failing heart. [1] Most often the latissimus dorsi muscle is used for this purpose. A special pacemaker is implanted to make the skeletal muscle contract.

3. Artificial cardiac pacemaker - Wikipedia

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   Temporary epicardial pacing is used during open heart surgery should the surgical procedure create atrio-ventricular block. The electrodes are placed in contact with the outer wall of the ventricle (epicardium) to maintain satisfactory cardiac output until a temporary transvenous electrode has been inserted. [9]

4. Senning procedure - Wikipedia

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   The Senning procedure is an atrial switch heart operation performed to treat transposition of the great arteries. It is named after its inventor, the Swedish cardiac surgeon Åke Senning (1915–2000), also known for implanting the first permanent cardiac pacemaker in 1958.

5. Arnold Schwarzenegger Reveals He Had Surgery to Install ...

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   In the weekly note, the 76-year-old actor shared that he had undergone surgery to have a pacemaker put in, after a lifelong battle with a genetic heart condition."Last Monday, I had surgery to ...

6. Mon Health cardiologists install first dual-chamber leadless ...

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   Jun. 8—MORGANTOWN — On May 20, two Mon Health Heart and Vascular cardiologists performed the state's first implant of the next-generation pacemaker system. It's called the AVEIR DR, made by ...

7. Arnold Schwarzenegger just got a pacemaker. Here's what to ...

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   Arnold Schwarzenegger has become more like his iconic Terminator character after having surgery last week to receive a pacemaker, the 76-year-old actor and former California governor announced ...

8. Cardiac surgery - Wikipedia

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   Cardiac surgery, or cardiovascular surgery, is surgery on the heart or great vessels performed by cardiac surgeons.It is often used to treat complications of ischemic heart disease (for example, with coronary artery bypass grafting); to correct congenital heart disease; or to treat valvular heart disease from various causes, including endocarditis, rheumatic heart disease, [1] and ...

9. Coronary artery bypass surgery - Wikipedia

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   Coronary artery bypass surgery aims to prevent death from coronary artery disease and improve quality of life by relieving angina, the associated feeling of chest pain. [1] The decision to perform surgery is informed by studies of CABG's efficacy in different patient subgroups, based on the lesions' anatomy or how well the heart is functioning.