1. Dynamic cardiomyoplasty in a growing organism
Bernhard Voss, MD, Matthias Thielmann, MD, Mohamed El-Mehsen, Philipp Albert Schnabel, MD, Siegfried Hagl, MD, Rüdiger Lange, MD 
The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 
Volume 70, Issue 4, Pages (October 2000)
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2. Fig 1
(A) Epimysial lead. (B) Preparation of the left m. latissimus dorsi and epimysial lead placement.
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3. Fig 2
Heart-skeletal muscle complex (group 2). The left ventricle with the overlying m. latissimus dorsi is exposed by a longitudinal incision.
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4. Fig 3
Histologic section of the right m. latissimus dorsi (normal, in situ, ×40).
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5. Fig 4
Histologic section of the left m. latissimus dorsi used for cardiomyoplasty (× 40). In comparison with the normal muscle (see Fig 3), the amount of fatty and fibrous tissue is increased.
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6. Fig 5
Cross-section through an entire heart-skeletal muscle complex of group 2. (LV = left ventricle, A = atrium.)
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