 Heart, Artificial
"Heart, Artificial" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A pumping mechanism that duplicates the output, rate, and blood pressure of the natural heart. It may replace the function of the entire heart or a portion of it, and may be an intracorporeal, extracorporeal, or paracorporeal heart. (Dorland, 28th ed)
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D006354
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E07.695.300 E07.858.082.374
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| Concept/Terms |
Heart, Artificial- Heart, Artificial
- Artificial Heart
- Artificial Hearts
- Hearts, Artificial
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Morreim EH, Webb GE, Gordon HL, Brody B, Casarett D, Rosenfeld K, Sabin J, Lantos JD, Morenz B, Krouse R, Goodman S. Innovation in human research protection: the AbioCor artificial heart trial. Am J Bioeth. 2006 Sep-Oct; 6(5):W6-16.
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Miles SH, Siegler M, Schiedermayer DL, Lantos JD, La Puma J. The total artificial heart. An ethics perspective on current clinical research and deployment. Chest. 1988 Aug; 94(2):409-13.
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