STUDY ON THE AREA OF THE LATISSIMUS DORSI MUSCLE SUPPLIED BY THE THORACODORSAL ARTERY AIMING AT CARDIOMYOPLASTY

For cardiac assistance using skeletal muscles, wrapping the heart with the latissimus dorsi muscle is mainly used. When making a latissimus dorrsi muscle graft, only the thoracodorsal artery is preserved. Using 3 anatomic cadavers, we examined whether the entire blood circulation of the graft can be...

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Published inJinko Zoki Vol. 21; no. 2; pp. 520 - 523
Main Authors KOSUGE, T., ISHII, M., HOSHINO, K., KONDOU, J., JIN, Y., IMOTO, K., YAMAZAKI, I., SUZUKI, S., YANO, Y., MATSUMOTO, A., ISODA, S., KAJIWARA, H.
Format Journal Article
LanguageJapanese
Published JAPANESE SOCIETY FOR ARTIFICIAL ORGANS 1992
一般社団法人 日本人工臓器学会
Subjects
Cardiomyoplasty
Latissimus dorsi muscle
Vascular anatomy
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ISSN0300-0818
1883-6097
DOI10.11392/jsao1972.21.520

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Summary:For cardiac assistance using skeletal muscles, wrapping the heart with the latissimus dorsi muscle is mainly used. When making a latissimus dorrsi muscle graft, only the thoracodorsal artery is preserved. Using 3 anatomic cadavers, we examined whether the entire blood circulation of the graft can be maintained with the thoracodorsal artery alone by measuring the ratio of the area supplied by the artery to the entire area. The area supplied by the thoracodorsal artery occupied about 25% of the entire area. Collateral circulation in the remaining area may be a study subject hereafter.
ISSN:0300-0818
1883-6097
DOI:10.11392/jsao1972.21.520