HeartAssist Keeping Patients Alive

HeartAssist Keeping Patients Alive
Aug-19-09

Clinicians at Heidelberg University Hospital in Germany have announced the first implantation of the latest DeBakey left ventricular assist device (LVAD).

The world's smallest machine of its type, it is made out of titanium and plastic, and provides direct measurement of cardiac output without having to estimate, as in competing devices.

The new miniature device is light, easy-to-handle and can be monitored and controlled externally.

HeartAssist Keeping Patients Alive
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