Heart-Assist Devices

Small pumps, often implantable, designed for temporarily assisting the heart, usually the LEFT VENTRICLE, to pump blood. They consist of a pumping chamber and a power source, which may be partially or totally external to the body and activated by electromagnetic motors.

Also Known As:

Ventricular Assist Device; Artificial Heart Ventricle; Artificial Heart Ventricles; Artificial Ventricles; Assist Device, Heart; Assist Device, Ventricular; Assist Devices, Heart; Assist Devices, Ventricular; Device, Heart Assist; Device, Heart-Assist; Device, Vascular-Assist; Device, Ventricle-Assist; Device, Ventricular Assist; Devices, Heart Assist; Devices, Heart-Assist; Devices, Vascular-Assist; Devices, Ventricle-Assist; Devices, Ventricular Assist; Heart Assist Devices; Heart Ventricles, Artificial; Heart-Assist Device; Heart-Assist Pump; Heart-Assist Pumps; Pump, Heart-Assist; Pumps, Heart Assist; Vascular Assist Device; Vascular Assist Devices; Ventricle Assist Device; Ventricle, Artificial; Ventricle, Artificial Heart; Ventricle-Assist Devices; Ventricles, Artificial; Ventricles, Artificial Heart; Ventricular Assist Devices; Artificial Ventricle; Heart Assist Device; Heart Ventricle, Artificial; Pumps, Heart-Assist; Vascular-Assist Device; Vascular-Assist Devices; Ventricle-Assist Device

Operative Surgical Procedures: 35827
- Assisted Circulation: 149
  - Heart-Assist Devices: 7215
Equipment and Supplies
- Prostheses and Implants: 22070
  - Artificial Heart: 580
    - Heart-Assist Devices: 7215
- Surgical Equipment: 80
  - Artificial Organs: 97
    - Artificial Heart: 580
      - Heart-Assist Devices: 7215

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