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A significant medical event is expected in 1992: the first human use of a fully implantable, long-term cardiac assist device. This timely volume reviews the artificial heart program - and in particular, the National Institutes of Health's major investment - raising important questions. The volume includes: consideration of the artificial heart versus heart transplantation and other approaches to treating end-stage heart disease, keeping in mind the different outcomes and costs of these treatments; a look at human issues, including the number of people who may require the artificial heart, patient quality of life, and other ethical and societal questions; examination of how this technology's use can be targeted most appropriately; and attention to achieving access to this technology for all those who can benefit from it. The committee also offers three mechanisms to aid in allocating research and development funds.

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Book category Books in English Medicine Surgery Cardiothoracic surgery

• Full title: Artificial Heart
• Subtitle: Prototypes, Policies, and Patients
• Author: Committee to Evaluate the Artificial Heart Program of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, Division of Health Care Services, Institute of Me
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardback
• Number of pages: 312
• EAN: 9780309045322
• ISBN: 0309045320
• ID: 04576072
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Weight: 676 g
• Dimensions: 229 × 152 × 25 mm
• Date of publishing: 01. January 1991

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