Researchers at the Saint Louis Children's Hospital in Missouri have said that artificial heart pumps are useful in keeping kids alive until they can get a heart transplant.
Heart assist devices are available for adults, but were not widely available for kids. In the study, the researchers used the Excor pediatric ventricular assist device made by Berlin Heart GmbH. Nine kids were kept alive using this heart pump. All participants had severe heart failure and weighed less than 88 pounds.
About Transplantation
Since the early times, the novel idea of transplanting tissues and other body parts from one organism to the other has captured the imagination of successive generations.
Since the early times, the novel idea of transplanting tissues and other body parts from one organism to the other has captured the imagination of successive generations.
"A lot of the children in whom they were implanted would probably not have made it with conventional therapy while waiting for a suitable heart," said lead researcher Dr Sanjay Gandhi.
The details of the study appear in the journal Circulation.
Liver Transplantation - Facts, Contraindications, Procedure, Follow up, Complications & Prognosis
Liver transplantation is a surgical option for the treatment of liver failure where the diseased liver is replaced with a healthy one.
Liver transplantation is a surgical option for the treatment of liver failure where the diseased liver is replaced with a healthy one.
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Medical Tourism ? The Road Ahead
Medical Tourism has become a serious enterprise in India over the last two years. However some hospitals have been practicing it for quite a few years.
Medical Tourism has become a serious enterprise in India over the last two years. However some hospitals have been practicing it for quite a few years.
Bone Marrow Transplantation
Animation and slides providing graphic explanation of Bone Marrow Transplantation (BMT)/Stem Cell Transplantation that is done for leukemia and other blood-related disorders.
Animation and slides providing graphic explanation of Bone Marrow Transplantation (BMT)/Stem Cell Transplantation that is done for leukemia and other blood-related disorders.
