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Heart-Assist Devices

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Definition: 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; the devices are used after myocardial infarction or to wean the repaired heart from the heart-lung machine after open-heart surgery.      Other names Ventricle-Assist Device; Vascular-Assist Devices; Pumps, Heart-Assist; Heart Ventricle, Artificial; Artificial Ventricle; Ventricles, Artificial Heart; Ventricles, Artificial; Ventricle-Assist Devices; Ventricle, Artificial Heart; Ventricle, Artificial; Ventricle Assist Device; Vascular-Assist Device; Vascular Assist Devices; Pumps, Heart Assist; Pump, Heart-Assist; Heart-Assist Pumps; Heart-Assist Pump; Heart-Assist Device; Heart Ventricles, Artificial; Heart Assist Devices

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