The Heart Hospital at Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC) is benefiting from a new technology that is being used to treat the most advanced forms of heart failure.
Known as a ventricular assistor, or 'HeartMate',the gadget is an electrically powered heart pump that improves blood flow and, in turn, the long-term health outcome for patients with heart disease, as reported by The Peninsula.
The surgical team at Heart Hospital's Cardiac Surgery Department highlighted that the new technology will both save lives and significantly improve the quality of life for patients with end-stage heart failure.
Dr Abdulaziz Al Khulaifi, Senior Consultant and Chairman of Cardiothoracic Surgery at Heart Hospital said that the ventricular assist device is a small mechanical pump that is implanted in the chest and supports heart function and blood flow in individuals with weakened hearts.
He added that the device helps the left ventricle, or the main pumping chamber of the heart, to pump blood through the aorta to the rest of the body. Essentially, it helps circulate blood throughout the body in patients whose hearts are too weak to pump blood adequately.
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