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Heart valve repair or replacement

December 15, 2021 in /by

Blood is pumped around the body by the heart, which is a muscle pump. It has two upper chambers, referred to as atria, and two lower chambers, referred to as ventricles. The valves that connect each of the heart’s pumping chambers allow blood to circulate forward through the heart. Damaged or contaminated valves that do […]

TAH(Total artificial heart)

December 15, 2021 in /by

The TAH is an implanted device that replaces both the right and left ventricles, as well as the four heart valves, and takes up the area of a failing human heart that has been removed. In patients with end-stage heart failure affecting both sides of the heart, the TAH is employed (biventricular failure). Insertion of […]