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Hybrid Heart: An Overview
Introduction
The term Hybrid Heart refers to advanced technologies that combine biological and artificial components to support or replace heart function. These technologies are crucial for patients with severe heart failure who are not eligible for a traditional heart transplant.
Types of Hybrid Heart Technologies
- Total Artificial Heart (TAH) with Biological Components
- Combines mechanical pumps with biological tissues.
- May reduce immunological rejection.
- Left Ventricular Assist Devices (LVADs) with Regenerative Medicine
- Helps the heart pump more effectively.
- Incorporates stem cells to regenerate damaged heart tissue.
- Bioengineered Cardiac Patches
- Patch-like materials with living cells.
- Can restore damaged myocardium, improving heart function.
- 3D-Printed Hybrid Hearts
- Uses a combination of biocompatible materials and patient-specific cells.
- Aims to replace damaged heart structures fully.
Who Needs a Hybrid Heart?
Patients with: - End-Stage Heart Failure when a heart transplant is not an option. - Severe Cardiomyopathies that do not respond to conventional treatment. - Congenital Heart Diseases with no available surgical alternatives.
Current Challenges and Future Perspectives
- Biocompatibility: Preventing the body from rejecting the artificial components.
- Long-Term Durability: Ensuring hybrid devices function for a lifetime.
- Ethical Considerations: Addressing concerns about artificial enhancements of human organs.
Conclusion
Hybrid hearts represent a revolutionary step in cardiology, integrating artificial and biological components to improve patient outcomes. As research progresses, these technologies may become widely available, offering hope to millions suffering from heart disease.
Source recommendations
1. European Society of Cardiology Guidelines on Heart Failure
- https://www.escardio.org/Guidelines/Clinical-Practice-Guidelines/Acute-and-Chronic-Heart-Failure
- https://academic.oup.com/eurheartj/article/42/36/3599/6358045
- https://www.escardio.org/Guidelines/Clinical-Practice-Guidelines/Focused-Update-on-Heart-Failure-Guidelines
- https://academic.oup.com/eurheartj/article/44/37/3627/7246292
- https://www.escardio.org/Guidelines/Clinical-Practice-Guidelines
2. American Heart Association Guidelines for the Management of Heart Failure
- https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/CIR.0000000000001063
- https://professional.heart.org/en/guidelines-and-statements
- https://www.heart.org/en/health-topics/heart-failure
- https://professional.heart.org/en/science-news/-/media/832EA0F4E73948848612F228F7FA2D35.ashx
- https://www.heart.org/en/health-topics/heart-failure/treatment-options-for-heart-failure
3. International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation Guidelines
- https://www.jhltonline.org/article/S1053-2498(22)02185-4/fulltext
- https://www.ishlt.org/
- https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37080658/
- https://www.ishlt.org/education-and-publications/standards-guidelines-detail
- https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39115488/
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