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Descriptor English: Heart, Artificial
Descriptor Spanish: Corazón Artificial
Descriptor corazón artificial
Scope note: Mecanismo de bombeo que reproduce el gasto cardíaco, la frecuencia y la presión sanguínea del corazón natural. Puede reemplazar la función de todo el corazón o de parte de él, y puede ser o temporal, intracorpóreo o extracorpóreo. (Dorland, 28a de)
Descriptor Portuguese: Coração Artificial
Descriptor French: Coeur artificiel
Entry term(s): Artificial Heart
Artificial Hearts
Hearts, Artificial
Tree number(s): E07.695.300
E07.858.082.374
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D006354
Scope note: 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)
Annotation: pump replacing whole or part of heart: do not confuse with HEART-LUNG MACHINE (external to heart); /psychol permitted
Allowable Qualifiers: AE adverse effects
CL classification
EC economics
ES ethics
HI history
MI microbiology
PS parasitology
PX psychology
SD supply & distribution
SN statistics & numerical data
ST standards
TD trends
VE veterinary
VI virology
Previous Indexing: Artificial Organs (1966)
Heart-Lung Machine (1966)
Public MeSH Note: 67
History Note: 67
DeCS ID: 6477
Unique ID: D006354
NLM Classification: WG 169.5
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1967/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 1999/11/03
Heart, Artificial - Preferred
Concept UI M0009978
Scope note 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)
Preferred term Heart, Artificial
Entry term(s) Artificial Heart
Artificial Hearts
Hearts, Artificial



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