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METHODS AND RESULTS OF MECHANICAL MYOCARDIAL SUPPORT*
Author(s) -
Malm James R.,
Bregman David
Publication year - 1977
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.111
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1445-2197
pISSN - 0004-8682
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1977.tb03928.x
Subject(s) - medicine , cardiac surgery , intensive care medicine , myocardial revascularization , broad spectrum , revascularization , psychological intervention , balloon , surgery , cardiology , coronary artery disease , myocardial infarction , nursing , chemistry , combinatorial chemistry
In recent years the development of modern direct techniques for revascularization surgery has resulted in a multitude of critically ill patients undergoing open heart surgery. To deal with the increasing numbers of patients who both require urgent open heart surgery and present with many complicated patterns of disease, a spectrum of cardiac assist measures, ranging from simple pharmacological interventions to mechanical cardiac assist techniques, has been developed. Those temporary mechanical cardiac assist devices which employ the principle of counterpulsation and balloon pumping have met with the most consistent clinical success. We now report our experience and progress in this field since early 1972.