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Equipment and Supplies > Prostheses and Implants > Heart, Artificial > Heart-Assist Devices
Equipment and Supplies > Surgical Equipment > Artificial Organs > Heart, Artificial > Heart-Assist Devices
Surgical Procedures, Operative > Assisted Circulation > Heart-Assist Devices

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Heart-Assist Devices  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Assist Device, Heart
  • Assist Devices, Heart
  • Device, Heart Assist
  • Devices, Heart Assist
  • Devices, Vascular-Assist
  • Device, Vascular-Assist
  • Heart Assist Device
  • Heart Assist Devices
  • Heart-Assist Pump
  • Heart-Assist Pumps
  • Pump, Heart-Assist
  • Pumps, Heart Assist
  • Pumps, Heart-Assist
  • Vascular Assist Device
  • Vascular-Assist Device
  • Vascular Assist Devices
  • Vascular-Assist Devices

Scope note

  • 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.

History note

  • 90(86); was see under ASSISTED CIRCULATION 1986-89

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D006353

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