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DeCS
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Descriptor English:
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Heart-Assist Devices
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Descriptor Spanish:
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Corazón Auxiliar
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Descriptor Portuguese:
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Coração Auxiliar
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Synonyms English:
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Artificial Ventricle
Heart Ventricle, Artificial
Pumps, Heart-Assist
Vascular-Assist Devices
Ventricle-Assist Device
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Tree Number:
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E04.050.430
E07.695.300.300
E07.858.082.374.300
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Definition English:
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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. |
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History Note English:
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90(86); was see under ASSISTED CIRCULATION 1986-89
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Allowable Qualifiers English:
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Record Number:
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28072
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Unique Identifier:
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D006353
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