End-stage heart failure

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Severe heart disease that does not respond adequately to medical or surgical treatment.

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Artificial Heart Batista procedure heart failure heart transplantation MIRACLE			Mechanical heart assist devices for end-stage heart failure patients were first introduced in Singapore when NHCS set up its Mechanical Heart Devices (MHD) Programme in 2001. Singapore hospital unveils artificial heart by TradeArabia (Manama, Bahrain) Medicare patients who have ventricular assist devices (VAD implanted in their chests to treat end-stage heart failure have considerably higher death rates than patients seen in registries and other research settings according to a new study. Medicare patients with VADs have higher death rates than patients ... by Transplant News The HeartMate II pump was approved in April as a temporary treatment for patients awaiting heart transplants, but industry analysts have predicted a larger market for the product is in "destination therapy," or patients with end-stage heart failure who are too ill for a transplant. Thoratec initiates voluntary recalls of heart pump by Medical Product Outsourcing			end pieces end plate end point end points end product end section end stage end user end(o)- end- end-artery end-bulb end-diastolic pressure end-diastolic volume end-feel end-feet end-foot end-gaining end-of-life end-organ end-plate end-position nystagmus end-positional nystagmus end-stage end-stage disease End-stage heart failure End-stage lung disease end-stage renal disease end-systolic volume end-tidal end-tidal capnography end-tidal CO 2 end-tidal CO 2 determination end-tidal CO2 end-to-end end-to-end anastomosis end-to-end anastomosis stapler end-to-end bite end-to-end occlusion end-to-side anastomosis endadelphos Endameba endamebiasis Endamoeba endamoebiasis endangered species endangerment site endangiitis endangium endaortitis endarterectomy			End-plate potential End-plate potential End-plate potential End-point End-point End-Point Mapper end-point rigidity End-Point-Object end-position nystagmus end-position nystagmus end-position nystagmus end-positional nystagmus End-Product end-product inhibition end-product inhibition end-product inhibition end-product inhibition end-ran End-Range Pain end-rhymed End-Route Rally Point end-run end-running end-runs end-stage End-Stage Assessment End-stage disease End-stage disease End-stage disease End-stage disease End-stage heart failure End-stage lung disease End-stage renal disease End-stage renal disease End-stage renal disease End-stage renal disease End-stage renal disease End-Stage Renal Disease Network End-Stage Renal Disease Treatment end-stopped End-System Unique Identifier End-System-based Mobility for Internet Protocol Version 6 End-Systolic Meridional Wall Stress End-Systolic Pressure-Area Relation End-Systolic Pressure-Diameter Relation End-Systolic Pressure-Length Relation End-Systolic Pressure-Length Relationship End-Systolic Pressure-Volume Relationship End-Systolic Stress-Strain Relation End-Systolic Stress-Volume Relation End-Systolic Stress-Volume Relationship End-Systolic Tension-Length Relation end-systolic volume end-systolic volume end-systolic volume end-systolic volume end-systolic volume end-systolic volume End-Systolic Volume Index end-tidal End-Tidal Anesthetic-Agent Concentration

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