Mechanical alternatives to the human heart: Intracorporeal assist systems and total artificial heart

Israel Medical Association Journal

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 209-212

  Lavee, Jacob ^a   Paz, Yoav ^a  

^a SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Artificial heart; Congestive heart failure; Heart transplantation; Ventricular assist device

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; DISEASES; HOSPITALS; PATIENT TREATMENT;

ARTIFICIAL HEART;

CARDIOLOGY;

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; DIPYRIDAMOLE; PENTOXIFYLLINE; WARFARIN;

ARTIFICIAL HEART; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEART ASSIST DEVICE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; LONG TERM CARE; MAINTENANCE THERAPY; OUTPATIENT CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; STROKE; SURGICAL MORTALITY; TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT; THROMBOEMBOLISM;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEART, ARTIFICIAL; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HUMANS; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0036279399     PISSN: 15651088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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