机械循环支持 - - 一条漫长而的道路
Patrick M McCarthy1, William A Smith
1Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, George M. and Linda H. Kaufman Center for Heart Failure, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA. mccartp@ccf.org
概括
整体的人工心脏.
科学领域:
- 心脏病学和生物医学工程
背景情况:
- 末期心脏病需要先进的治疗选择.
- 机械循环支持系统为心脏移植提供了替代方案.
研究的目的:
- 探索对机械循环支持系统的重新兴趣.
- 讨论整体人工心脏在治疗末期心脏病中的作用.
主要方法:
- 审查最近在机械循环支持方面的进展.
- 对临床结果的分析和为整体人工心脏植入患者的选择.
主要成果:
- 在机械循环支持方面取得了显著的技术进步.
- 整体人工心脏正在重新成为一种可行的治疗选择.
结论:
- 机械循环支持,包括全人工心脏,代表了管理末期心脏病的关键进步.
- 进一步的研究和临床应用对于优化患者的治疗结果至关重要.
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