The recall affects nearly 14,000 HeartMate devices, consisting of mechanical pumps that assist the heart in circulating blood when it cannot do so independently. These small devices are implanted in patients with end-stage heart failure who are awaiting a heart transplant or a...
Objective To investigate the correlations between the indexes of left ventricular function detected by Radionuclide Cardiac Blood-pool imaging and the serum concentration of B-type natriuretic peptide(BNP) in congestive heart failure(CHF).Methods The study groups contained 60 patients with CHF and 30 ...