Combined Science GCSE
Artificial heart
What Artificial heart means in Combined Science GCSE, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Artificial heart
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A mechanical pump that takes over the pumping action to keep a patient alive whilst waiting for a heart transplant, or to allow the heart to rest as an aid to recovery.
Topics that use Artificial heart
Related terms
- Mechanical valve
- Biological valve
- Coronary heart disease
- Donor heart and heart-lung transplantation
- Faulty heart valve
- Heart failure
- Leaky valve
- Organ shortage
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