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Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2007;32:943-944. doi:10.1016/j.ejcts.2007.08.025
Copyright © 2007, European Association for Cardio-thoracic Surgery. Published by Elsevier. All rights reserved.
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Significant improvement of cardiac sympathetic function following cardiac support device implantation: illustration by 123I-MIBG scintigraphy

Nathalie Vallia, Louis Labrousseb,*, Patricia Réantc, Pierre Dos-Santosd

a Nuclear Medicine Department, Hôpital Haut-Lévèque, Bordeaux Heart University Hospital, Avenue de Magellan, 33604 Bordeaux-Pessac, France
b Department of Cardio-Vascular Surgery, Hôpital Haut-Lévèque, Bordeaux Heart University Hospital, Avenue de Magellan, 33604 Bordeaux-Pessac, France
c Department of Echocardiography, Hôpital Haut-Lévèque, Bordeaux Heart University Hospital, Avenue de Magellan, 33604 Bordeaux-Pessac, France
d Heart Failure Unit, Hôpital Haut-Lévèque, Bordeaux Heart University Hospital, Avenue de Magellan, 33604 Bordeaux-Pessac, France

Received 31 May 2007; received in revised form 21 August 2007; accepted 22 August 2007.

* Corresponding author. Address: Department of Cardio-Vascular Surgery, Hôpital Haut Lévèque, Avenue de Magellan, 33604 Bordeaux-Pessac, France. Tel.: +33 5 57 65 64 37; fax: +33 5 57 65 81 57. (Email: louis.labrousse{at}chu-bordeaux.fr).

Cardiac support device implantation is a new and promising therapy for refractory heart failure. If functional and echocardiographic modifications have largely been reported following this procedure, there is a paucity of information in the clinical setting about cellular abnormalities modifications during the ‘reverse remodeling’ process. We report for the first time a clinical measurement of cardiac sympathetic function using 123I-MIBG scintigraphy following cardiac support device implantation.

Key Words: Heart failure • Surgery • Sympathetic activity






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