Left ventricular assist device and method for temporary and perm

Details Left ventricular assist device and method for temporary and perm Left ventricular assist device and method for temporary and perm

1989-04-07

1991-02-26

Jaworski, Francis

Surgery

Cardiac augmentation

623 3, A61F 124

Patent

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049958577

ABSTRACT:
A left ventricular assist device and method is utilized to relieve the hemodynamic burden on a diseased left ventricle in the heart of a patient by inserting a shunt having an impellar for effectuating a substantially non-turbulent, non-traumatic flow of blood either from the left atrium or the patient's venous system, directly into the patient's arterial system. The impellar shunt may be utilized in either a temporary or permanent implant setting.

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