<unk>  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. Most often the latissimus dorsi muscle is used for this purpose. A special pacemaker is implanted to make the skeletal muscle contract. If<unk>  is successful and increased cardiac output is achieved, it usually acts as a bridging therapy, giving time for damaged myocardium to be treated in other ways, such as remodeling by cellular therapies. __TOC__
Cardiomyoplasty
Pericardial window
Pericardiectomy
Valvulotomy
Aortic valvuloplasty
Cellular cardiomyoplasty
Transmyocardial revascularization
Heart transplantation