Heart failure: 'Temporary' pumps could become a permanent treatment
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Clifford Armion
le 18/11/2009
Activer le mode zenThomas H. Maugh II
"Mechanical pumps originally designed to supplement the pumping action of a failing heart and keep the patient alive until a transplant could be found have taken a major step toward becoming a permanent treatment -- a development that could expand their use to tens of thousands of patients in the United States alone. "Results presented Tuesday at the Orlando, Fla., meeting of the American Heart Assn. showed that a new type of device more than doubled the two-year survival rate among heart failure patients. The key was the development of a smaller, quieter, more reliable pump that is less likely to break down and need replacement, an outcome that requires the patient to undergo a second major surgery." Read on...Pour citer cette ressource :
"Heart failure: 'Temporary' pumps could become a permanent treatment", La Clé des Langues [en ligne], Lyon, ENS de LYON/DGESCO (ISSN 2107-7029), novembre 2009. Consulté le 19/04/2024. URL: https://cle.ens-lyon.fr/anglais/archives/archives-revue-de-presse/heart-failure-temporary-pumps-could-become-a-permanent-treatment