Current status of the artificial heart and cardiovascular assist devices

Author

Jaron, Dov

Author_Institution

Biomed. Eng. & Sci. Inst., Drexel Univ., Philadelphia, PA, USA

fYear

1990

fDate

1990

Firstpage

3

Lastpage

6

Abstract

Assist devices in existence today include extracorporeal blood pumps, intraaortic balloon pumps (IABP), external and implantable ventricular assist devices (VAD), autologous biological pumps, and the total artificial heart (TAH). The intraaortic balloon pump is in widespread clinical use and various extracorporeal pumps are available for temporary cardiac support during cardiac surgery. Ventricular assist devices and the artificial heart are still in the experimental stage. Several implantable VADs are presently undergoing clinical testing. Several experimental TAH units have already been implanted in humans. Until all clinical problems are solved, the TAH is now used primarily as a bridge to transplantation

Keywords

artificial organs; biomedical equipment; cardiology; haemodynamics; reviews; IABP; TAH; VAD; cardiac surgery; cardiovascular assist devices; clinical testing; external ventricular assist devices; extracorporeal blood pumps; implantable ventricular assist devices; intraaortic balloon pumps; temporary cardiac support; total artificial heart; Artificial heart; Automatic control; Biomedical engineering; Blood; Cardiology; Cardiovascular diseases; Myocardium; Performance analysis; Surgery; Timing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Colloquium in South America, 1990., Proceedings of the 1990 IEEE

Conference_Location

Argentina, Brazil, Chile

Print_ISBN

0-87942-610-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/COLLOQ.1990.152783

Filename

152783