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    Aortomyoplasty: Hemodynamics and comparison to the intraaortic balloon pump by SHERWOOD, John T, SCHOMISCH, Steve J, THOMPSON, Dirk R, GEORGE, David T, CMOLIK, Brian L

    Published in The Journal of surgical research (01-04-2003)
    “…Aortomyoplasty (AMP), a procedure in which the latissimus dorsi muscle (LDM) is wrapped around the aorta and stimulated during diastole, is a potential method…”
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    Increased coronary artery blood flow with aortomyoplasty in chronic heart failure by Cmolik, Brian L, Thompson, Dirk R, Sherwood, J.Timothy, Geha, Alexander S, George, David T

    Published in The Annals of thoracic surgery (2001)
    “…Background. We hypothesized that diastolic counterpulsation using aortomyoplasty will increase coronary blood flow. Methods. In dogs (n = 6, 20 to 25 kg), the…”
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    A versatile microprocessor-based multichannel stimulator for skeletal muscle cardiac assist by Cheever, E.A., Thompson, D.R., Cmolik, B.L., Santamore, W.P., George, D.T.

    “…A versatile, microprocessor-based stimulator for skeletal muscle cardiac assist (SMCA) has been designed, constructed, and used in several studies. The…”
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    Selective stimulation of latissimus dorsi muscle for cardiac assist by THOMPSON, D. R, MICHELE, J. J, CHEEVER, E. A, GEORGE, D. T

    Published in Annals of biomedical engineering (1999)
    “…The contractile power of the latissimus dorsi muscle (LDM) is used in skeletal muscle cardiac assist (SMCA) to augment the blood pumping ability of a failing…”
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    Optimizing muscle-to-cardiac timing for aortomyoplasty by Thompson, D R, Cmolik, B L, Cheever, E A, Geha, A S, George, D T

    “…A new surgical approach to support failing hearts is known as aortomyoplasty-a technique in which the latissimus dorsi muscle is wrapped around the aorta and…”
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