Conference proceeding
Current status of the artificial heart and cardiovascular assist devices
Proceedings of the 1990 IEEE Colloquium in South America, pp 3-6
1990
Abstract
Assist devices in existence today include extracorporeal blood pumps, intraaortic balloon pumps (IABP), external and implantable ventricular assist devices (VAD), autologous biological pumps, and the total artificial heart (TAH). The intraaortic balloon pump is in widespread clinical use and various extracorporeal pumps are available for temporary cardiac support during cardiac surgery. Ventricular assist devices and the artificial heart are still in the experimental stage. Several implantable VADs are presently undergoing clinical testing. Several experimental TAH units have already been implanted in humans. Until all clinical problems are solved, the TAH is now used primarily as a bridge to transplantation.< >
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- Title
- Current status of the artificial heart and cardiovascular assist devices
- Creators
- D Jaron - Drexel University
- Publication Details
- Proceedings of the 1990 IEEE Colloquium in South America, pp 3-6
- Conference
- 1990 IEEE Colloquium in South America
- Publisher
- IEEE
- Number of pages
- 1
- Resource Type
- Conference proceeding
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- School of Biomedical Engineering, Science, and Health Systems; [Retired Faculty]
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-85013135044
- Other Identifier
- 991019173636004721