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  • Title: Mechanical alternatives to the human heart: intracorporeal assist systems and total artificial heart.
    Author: Lavee J, Paz Y.
    Journal: Isr Med Assoc J; 2002 Mar; 4(3):209-12. PubMed ID: 11908267.
    Abstract:
    The currently available intracorporeal assist systems and total artificial heart provide long-term support for patients terminally ill with congestive heart failure, often in an out-of-hospital environment. While they are currently widely used mainly as a long-term bridge to heart transplantation, their inherent risks of infection or stroke are prompting interest in future devices that will be smaller, fully implantable and hopefully stroke-free. These devices will be described in the last part of this review.
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