Heart transplantation in the era of continuous flow ventricular assist devices and the total artificial heart: will new technologies surpass the gold standard?

Heart transplantation in the era of continuous flow ventricular assist devices and the total artificial heart: will new technologies surpass the gold standard?

Since 1967, heart transplantation has had a tremendous impact on modern medicine and the surgical management of heart failure, with over 89,000 transplants performed worldwide over the last 40 years. [1] Every year over 5000 heart transplants take place in more than 225 centers around the world. In...

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Veröffentlicht in:Annals of cardiac anaesthesia 2011-09, Vol.14 (3), p.174-175
Hauptverfasser: Ramakrishna, Harish, Pajaro, Octavio E
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Cardiology
Care and treatment
Heart
Heart failure
Heart surgery
Heart Transplantation
Heart, Artificial
Heart-Assist Devices
Humans
Implants, Artificial
Innovations
Medical technology
Prosthesis
Risk factors
Transplantation
Transplants & implants
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Zusammenfassung:Since 1967, heart transplantation has had a tremendous impact on modern medicine and the surgical management of heart failure, with over 89,000 transplants performed worldwide over the last 40 years. [1] Every year over 5000 heart transplants take place in more than 225 centers around the world. In the US alone in 2010 there were 2333 heart transplants.
ISSN:0971-9784
0974-5181
DOI:10.4103/0971-9784.83984