Current issues of artificial heart and ventricular bypass using blood pumps of membrane type

Abstract

The paper presents the up-to-date considerations on the role and place of the blood pumps of membrane type in the complex treatment of refractory heart failure. Physiological mechanisms involved in the myocardium morphological and functional recovery while using left ventricular bypass have been discussed. The paper shows that the development of a completely implantable artificial heart (AH) at the current stage of designing mechanical circulatory support devises is possible on the basis of membrane type blood pumps only.

Keywords

• blood pumps of membrane type
• rotary pumps
• cardiac ventricular bypass
• artificial heart