heart, artificial

Preferred Label : heart, artificial;

MeSH definition : 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);

MeSH synonym : artificial hearts; hearts, artificial; artificial heart;

MeSH annotation : pump replacing whole or part of heart: do not confuse with HEART-LUNG MACHINE (external to heart); /psychol permitted;

Wikipedia link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artificial heart;

Details

Origin ID

D006354;

UMLS CUI

C0018829;

Allowable qualifiers
- adverse effects [MeSH Qualifier]
- classification [MeSH Qualifier]
- contraindications [MeSH Qualifier]
- economics [MeSH Qualifier]
- ethics [MeSH Qualifier]
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- veterinary [MeSH Qualifier]
- virology [MeSH Qualifier]
Metaterm(s)
- cardiology [CISMeF Metaterm]
Record concept(s)
- heart, artificial [MeSH concept]
See also (suggested by CISMeF)
- heart [MeSH Descriptor]
Semantic type(s)
- Medical Device [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Prosthetic heart (physical object) [SNOMED CT concept]
- artificial heart [SNOMED Notion]

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