Mechanical cardiac assistance and replacement.
This article aims not to review the limited and difficult to compare clinical results with mechanical cardiac assist devices. Instead, a practical classification and analysis of these devices is presented, which will afford the clinician insights about when, how, and why to use specific mechanical support.
Macoviak
J A
JA
Washington Heart, Division of Washington Hospital Center, Washington, DC.
Dasse
K A
KA
Poirier
V L
VL
D004735:Energy Transfer / Q000502:physiology; D004867:Equipment Design; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000503:physiopathology; D006354:Heart, Artificial; D006353:Heart-Assist Devices / Q000145:classification / Q000191:economics*; D006439:Hemodynamics; D006801:Humans; D014481:United States; D014486:United States Food and Drug Administration