Total Artificial Heart and Assist Devices as a Bridge to Transplantation
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The total artificial heart--a bridge to transplantation.
Many heart centers are utilizing the total artificial heart for a bridging technique to transplantation, particularly in patients with bi-ventricular failure or irreversible left ventricular failure, where a donor heart is not readily available. This discussion includes the training procedure, operation and management of Canada's first total artificial heart performed on May 1, 1986.
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عنوان ژورنال: The International Journal of Artificial Organs
سال: 1989
ISSN: 0391-3988,1724-6040
DOI: 10.1177/039139888901200203