Total Artificial Heart - What to Expect - NHLBI, NIH
2023年4月12日 · The surgery to connect a total artificial heart is very complex. Bleeding can occur in the chest during and after the surgery. Anticlotting medicine also raises the risk of bleeding because it thins the blood.
Total Artificial Heart - What Is Total Artificial Heart? - NHLBI, NIH
2023年4月12日 · A total artificial heart replaces the heart’s damaged ventricles, to keep the heart pumping blood to the lungs and other body parts. The pump is powered by a machine called a driver that is outside the body.
Who Needs a Total Artificial Heart? - NHLBI, NIH
2023年4月12日 · You may be a candidate for a total artificial heart if you have advanced heart failure caused by the inability of your heart’s ventricles to pump enough blood, and if other treatments have not worked. You may also be a candidate if your body has rejected an earlier heart transplant.
Total Artificial Heart - Living With - NHLBI, NIH
2023年4月13日 · Caring for the artificial heart, staying active, maintaining emotional health, and eating healthy are some of the best ways to live successfully with a total artificial heart.
Artificial intelligence algorithm predicts survival after heart surgery
2023年12月18日 · A deep-learning algorithm that interprets electrocardiogram (ECG) data can predict mortality risk after heart surgery, a new NHLBI-funded study finds.
Heart Treatments - Heart Treatments - NHLBI, NIH
2022年3月24日 · A total artificial heart (TAH) is a pump that is surgically installed to provide circulation and replace heart ventricles that are diseased or damaged. The surgical procedure is complex and not available at all institutions.
Heart Surgery - Conditions Treated by Heart Surgery - NHLBI, NIH
2022年6月1日 · A different pump called a total artificial heart can be placed to provide circulation and replace heart chambers (called ventricles) that are diseased or damaged. A heart transplant replaces a diseased heart with a healthy heart from a deceased donor.
What Are Pacemakers? - NHLBI, NIH
2022年3月24日 · Pacemakers send electrical pulses to help your heart beat at a normal rate and rhythm. Pacemakers can also be used to help your heart chambers beat in sync so your heart can pump blood more efficiently to your body.
Study finds heart transplant survival rates have improved in recent ...
2021年7月28日 · Now, a study in the Journal of the American Heart Association found patients with hearts that came from donors who passed away from a drug overdose or who had hepatitis C had improved survival rates at 30 days and one year compared to patients who had a similar heart transplant a decade before.
Heart Surgery - What to Expect During Surgery | NHLBI, NIH
2022年6月1日 · Learn what to expect during open-heart surgery, off-pump heart surgery, and minimally invasive heart surgery. Heart surgery may be used to treat coronary heart disease, a heart attack, heart valve disease, heart failure, atrial fibrillation, arrhythmia, or an aneurysm.