Mechanical treatment of heart failure: the growing role of LVADs and artificial hearts
| Autor: | Hassan W. Nemeh, Nicholas G. Smedira |
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| Rok vydání: | 2003 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Treatment outcome MEDLINE Heart Artificial Mechanical assistance Risk Assessment Sensitivity and Specificity Severity of Illness Index Ventricular Dysfunction Left Severity of illness Medicine Humans Intensive care medicine Survival rate Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic Heart Failure business.industry Patient Selection General Medicine medicine.disease Survival Rate Treatment Outcome Heart failure Female Medical emergency Heart-Assist Devices business Risk assessment |
| Zdroj: | Cleveland Clinic journal of medicine. 70(3) |
| ISSN: | 0891-1150 |
| Popis: | Left ventricular assist devices (LVADs) and artificial hearts are improving. These devices can prolong a patient's life while on a heart transplant list. More exciting, mechanical assistance may provide an opportunity for a damaged heart to recover some function. Still, despite the promise, the use of these devices raises some difficult cost-benefit and ethical questions. |
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