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Descriptor English:
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Heart, Artificial
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Descriptor Spanish:
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Corazón Artificial
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Descriptor Portuguese:
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Coração Artificial
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Synonyms English:
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Artificial Heart
Artificial Hearts
Hearts, Artificial
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Tree Number:
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E07.695.300
E07.858.082.374
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Definition English:
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A pumping mechanism that duplicates the output, rate, and blood pressure of the natural heart. It may replace the function of the entire heart or a portion of it, and may be an intracorporeal, extracorporeal, or paracorporeal heart. (Dorland, 28th ed) |
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Indexing Annotation English:
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pump replacing whole or part of heart: do not confuse with HEART-LUNG MACHINE (external to heart); /psychol permitted
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History Note English:
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67
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Allowable Qualifiers English:
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Record Number:
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6477
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Unique Identifier:
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D006354
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Occurrence in VHL:
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Similar:
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DeCS
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