Professor Mariusz Kuśmierczyk and a team of cardiac surgeons performed the first implantation of an artificial ventricle at the Medical University of Warsaw. It is an ultramodern device of the new generation Heartmate 3.
Until recently, devices of this type were implanted only in patients waiting for a heart transplant. It turned out, however, that the devices provide patients with such a comfort of life that they sometimes give up transplantation. Currently, this solution is often used as a target solution for the rest of the patient's life. The implantation of the pump is also possible in people who, due to their age, are not eligible for transplant...
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