Cardiomyoplasty is a wrapping of an electrostimulated latissimus dorsi
muscle flap around the heart for substitution and/or reinforcement. T
he surgical technique for reproducible cardiomyoplasties in the goat m
odel is presented. The methods combine the direction of wrapping (cloc
kwise, counter-clockwise) and the orientation of muscle fibers. A card
iomyoplasty model using right and left latissimus dorsi or left latiss
imus dorsi and pectoralis major as well as a split muscle technique ar
e illustrated.