New approaches for cardiac assists: "back to the future".
The treatment of the modern epidemic of coronary artery disease requires the availability of various cardiac assist devices. A review and future implications of the use of retrograde coronary venous perfusion, the intraaortic balloon, a new ascending aortic pump, variable atrial septal defect, and novel energy sources are discussed.
Kolff
J
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Conemaugh Valley Memorial Hospital, Johnstown, Pennsylvania 15905-4398.
D000368:Aged; D000818:Animals; D002315:Cardiopulmonary Bypass / Q000379:methods; D006354:Heart, Artificial; D006353:Heart-Assist Devices; D006801:Humans; D008280:Magnetics