TALLINN — A team of Finnish and local doctors at a hospital in Northern Estonia became the first in the country to insert an artificial heart via surgery into a patient.
The surgery, where a ventricular assist device was installed in a young patient whose heart did not recover after acute myocardial infarction, was conducted by the the team of heart surgeons from the Northern Estonian Regional Hospital and [private_supervisor]Helsinki University Hospital. The supervisors were Karl Lemström of Helsinki University Hospital and Günter Taal from the regional hospital.
Dr. Günter Taal said that the artificial heart is basically a device to replace the left ventricle of a heart, which was installed to a patient whose heart did not recover from a heart attack that happened one and half months ago.
“Ten days after installing the artificial heart, the patient has recovered and adopted it,” Taal told the press.
Dr. Sergei Nazarenko of the regional hospital told the press that the whole process took one and half years and was prepared by cardio surgeons, intensive care physicians, anesthetists, cardiologists and many others.
The technology for ventricular assist devices was developed in the United States in the second half of the twentieth century, with the first clinical implementation was in 1969 in Houston. Since then new artificial heart devices have been developed in the European Union and the U.S.
To respect the patient and their family, the hospital does not give further comments. It’s unclear how long the device is supposed to keep the patient’s heart beating until a transplant heart can be found. [/private_supervisor] [private_subscription 1 month]Helsinki University Hospital. The supervisors were Karl Lemström of Helsinki University Hospital and Günter Taal from the regional hospital.
Dr. Günter Taal said that the artificial heart is basically a device to replace the left ventricle of a heart, which was installed to a patient whose heart did not recover from a heart attack that happened one and half months ago.
“Ten days after installing the artificial heart, the patient has recovered and adopted it,” Taal told the press.
Dr. Sergei Nazarenko of the regional hospital told the press that the whole process took one and half years and was prepared by cardio surgeons, intensive care physicians, anesthetists, cardiologists and many others.
The technology for ventricular assist devices was developed in the United States in the second half of the twentieth century, with the first clinical implementation was in 1969 in Houston. Since then new artificial heart devices have been developed in the European Union and the U.S.
To respect the patient and their family, the hospital does not give further comments. It’s unclear how long the device is supposed to keep the patient’s heart beating until a transplant heart can be found. [/private_subscription 1 month] [private_subscription 4 months]Helsinki University Hospital. The supervisors were Karl Lemström of Helsinki University Hospital and Günter Taal from the regional hospital.
Dr. Günter Taal said that the artificial heart is basically a device to replace the left ventricle of a heart, which was installed to a patient whose heart did not recover from a heart attack that happened one and half months ago.
“Ten days after installing the artificial heart, the patient has recovered and adopted it,” Taal told the press.
Dr. Sergei Nazarenko of the regional hospital told the press that the whole process took one and half years and was prepared by cardio surgeons, intensive care physicians, anesthetists, cardiologists and many others.
The technology for ventricular assist devices was developed in the United States in the second half of the twentieth century, with the first clinical implementation was in 1969 in Houston. Since then new artificial heart devices have been developed in the European Union and the U.S.
To respect the patient and their family, the hospital does not give further comments. It’s unclear how long the device is supposed to keep the patient’s heart beating until a transplant heart can be found. [/private_subscription 4 months] [private_subscription 1 year]Helsinki University Hospital. The supervisors were Karl Lemström of Helsinki University Hospital and Günter Taal from the regional hospital.
Dr. Günter Taal said that the artificial heart is basically a device to replace the left ventricle of a heart, which was installed to a patient whose heart did not recover from a heart attack that happened one and half months ago.
“Ten days after installing the artificial heart, the patient has recovered and adopted it,” Taal told the press.
Dr. Sergei Nazarenko of the regional hospital told the press that the whole process took one and half years and was prepared by cardio surgeons, intensive care physicians, anesthetists, cardiologists and many others.
The technology for ventricular assist devices was developed in the United States in the second half of the twentieth century, with the first clinical implementation was in 1969 in Houston. Since then new artificial heart devices have been developed in the European Union and the U.S.
To respect the patient and their family, the hospital does not give further comments. It’s unclear how long the device is supposed to keep the patient’s heart beating until a transplant heart can be found. [/private_subscription 1 year]
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