Heart-Assist Devices
Small pumps, often implantable, designed for temporarily assisting the heart, usually the LEFT VENTRICLE, to pump blood. They consist of a pumping chamber and a power source, which may be partially or totally external to the body and activated by electromagnetic motors.
Year introduced: 1990(1986)
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Tree Number(s): E04.050.430, E07.695.300.300, E07.858.082.374.300
MeSH Unique ID: D006353
Entry Terms:
- Device, Heart-Assist
- Devices, Heart-Assist
- Heart-Assist Device
- Vascular-Assist Device
- Devices, Vascular-Assist
- Device, Vascular-Assist
- Vascular Assist Device
- Heart Assist Device
- Assist Device, Heart
- Assist Devices, Heart
- Device, Heart Assist
- Devices, Heart Assist
- Heart Assist Devices
- Pumps, Heart-Assist
- Heart-Assist Pump
- Heart-Assist Pumps
- Pump, Heart-Assist
- Pumps, Heart Assist
- Vascular-Assist Devices
- Vascular Assist Devices
- Artificial Ventricle
- Artificial Ventricles
- Ventricle, Artificial
- Ventricles, Artificial
- Heart Ventricle, Artificial
- Artificial Heart Ventricle
- Artificial Heart Ventricles
- Heart Ventricles, Artificial
- Ventricle, Artificial Heart
- Ventricles, Artificial Heart
- Ventricle-Assist Device
- Devices, Ventricle-Assist
- Device, Ventricle-Assist
- Ventricle Assist Device
- Ventricle-Assist Devices
- Ventricular Assist Device
- Assist Devices, Ventricular
- Assist Device, Ventricular
- Devices, Ventricular Assist
- Device, Ventricular Assist
- Ventricular Assist Devices
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