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Peripartum Cardiomyopathy Learning Center

Because the heart dysfunction is usually reversible, and the women are usually young, everything possible will be done to ensure survival.
Source:ADAM
Date:May 12, 2008
Heart transplantation, also called cardiac transplantation, is the replacement of a patient's diseased or injured heart with a healthy donor heart.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Surgery
Heart transplantation is surgery to remove a damaged or diseased heart and replace it with a healthy donor heart.
Source:ADAM
Date:May 12, 2009
Heart transplantation, also called cardiac transplantation, is the replacement of a patient's diseased or injured heart with a healthy donor heart.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
Mechanical circulatory support is used to treat patients with advanced heart failure . A mechanical pump is surgically implanted to provide pulsatile or nonpulsatile flow of blood to supplement or replace the blood flow generated by the native hea...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Nursing and Allied Health
Mechanical circulatory support is used to treat patients with advanced heart failure. A mechanical pump is surgically implanted to provide pulsatile or non-pulsatile flow of blood to supplement or replace the blood flow generated by the native hea...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Surgery
Ventricular assist devices (VAD) help your heart pump blood from the main pumping chamber of your heart (the left ventricle) to the rest of your body. These pumps may be implanted in your body or connected to a pump outside your body.
Source:ADAM
Date:December 13, 2008
A ventricular assist device (VAD) is a battery-operated mechanical system consisting of a blood pump and a control unit used for temporary support of blood circulation. The VAD decreases the workload of the heart while maintaining adequate blood f...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Surgery
A ventricular assist device (VAD) is a mechanical pump used for temporary blood circulation support. It decreases the workload of the heart while maintaining adequate flow and blood pressure.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
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