Temporary Cardiac Assist with an Axial Pump System

ISBN-13: 9783798509061 / Angielski / Miękka / 1991 / 80 str.

W. Flameng

Opis

Focusing on experimental and clinical experience with the Hemopump, a novel left-ventricular assist system, this volume surveys and critically analyzes a variety of axial pumps and temporary cardiac assist systems. Their side-effects, efficiency and deficiencies are described.

Spis treści

Hydromechanical principles of axial pumps.- The first co-axial flow pump for human use: the Hemopump.- Effect of the Hemopump in cardiogenic shock and in the early stage of regional myocardial ischemia.- Effects of left ventricular assist using a co-axial flow pump (Hemopump) on organ blood flow during experimental cardiogenic shock.- Investigational trials of the Hemopump.- Investigational trials of the Hemopump at the Texas Heart Institute: practical issues.- Success and failure of the Hemopump: a critical analysis.- Clinical results of Hemopump support in surgical cases.- Hemopump for supported angioplasty.- Indications for the use of the Hemopump.