title: Mechanical alternatives to the human heart: paracorporeal assist systems.
abstract: The currently available paracorporeal assist systems provide reliable short or long-term mechanical assistance to the failing heart, albeit necessitating continuous hospitalization. The intracorporeal assist systems, which provide out of hospital assistance, will be described in the next part of this review.
authors.affiliation: Heart Transplantation Unit, Department of Cardiac Surgery, Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Israel. jaylavee@netvision.net.il
authors.forename: Jacob
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lavee
authors.forename: Yoav
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Paz
mesh_terms: D003326:Coronary Circulation / Q000502:physiology; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D006353:Heart-Assist Devices; D006801:Humans