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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.
Also Known As:
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1. Naka, Yoshifumi: 162 articles (12/2022 - 01/2002)
2. Takayama, Hiroo: 102 articles (01/2022 - 04/2006)
3. Uriel, Nir: 95 articles (12/2022 - 10/2010)
4. Colombo, Paolo C: 94 articles (12/2022 - 10/2010)
5. Frazier, O H: 94 articles (11/2021 - 09/2000)
6. Pagani, Francis D: 92 articles (11/2022 - 05/2002)
7. Slaughter, Mark S: 92 articles (04/2022 - 05/2005)
8. Ono, Minoru: 83 articles (11/2022 - 03/2009)
9. Yuzefpolskaya, Melana: 77 articles (12/2022 - 10/2012)
10. Imamura, Teruhiko: 75 articles (08/2022 - 01/2012)

Related Diseases

1. Heart Failure
2. Cardiogenic Shock
3. Hemorrhage
4. Thrombosis (Thrombus)
5. Infections

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2. Capsules (Microcapsules)
3. Epoprostenol (Prostacyclin)
4. Biomarkers (Surrogate Marker)
5. Vasodilator Agents (Vasodilators)
6. Neprilysin (Neutral Endopeptidase)
7. Iron
8. von Willebrand Factor
9. Anti-Bacterial Agents (Antibiotics)
10. Anthracyclines

Related Therapies and Procedures

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5. Percutaneous Coronary Intervention