- Emergency
- Coronary heart disease.
- Symptoms.
- Risk factors.
- Complications of CHD and myocardial infarction.
- Necessary investigation methods (diagnosis).
- Treatment of coronary heart disease
- Coronary bypass surgery.
- Treatment of complications of myocardial infarction.
- Mechanical circulation support systems (assist devices)
- Short-term assist devices.
- Medium-term pulsatile uni- and biventricular assist devices.
- Berlin Heart Excor and Medos System.
- Jarvik 2000.
- Intra-aortic balloon pump (IABP).
- Assist device implantation figures.
- Valvular heart disease.
- Diseases of the thoracic vessels.
- Arrhythmias.
- Transplantation.
Medium-term pulsatile uni- and biventricular assist devices
Because of the disadvantages that have been shown for non-pulsatile assist devices, devices with pulsatile flow have been developed. In all of these systems, blood flow is generated by compression of a pump sac or diaphragm usually made of polyurethane. The direction of blood flow is regulated by valves in the inlet and outlet tracts of the systems. The motor of these systems, which can be pericorporeal or implanted intracorporeally, is either pneumatic or electric.