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Last uploaded: January 16, 2025
Id http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/D019739
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Preferred Name

Skeletal Muscle Ventricle

Definitions
Autologous skeletal muscle that is wrapped around the heart and electrically stimulated in order to provide mechanical heart assistance. The latissimus dorsi muscle is commonly used to form this ventricle that functions to independently augment cardiac performance by pumping in series with the heart.
Synonyms
Skeletal Muscle Ventricles
Muscle Ventricles, Skeletal
Ventricle, Skeletal Muscle
Ventricles, Skeletal Muscle
Muscle Ventricle, Skeletal
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