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Artificial — is something which is not natural. Its original sense, related to artifact and artifice , refers to a product of human endeavor; a more English but gendered synonym is man made . It is also used to mean false , a substitute for the real thing, as … Wikipedia
Artificial heart — This article is about the mechanical device. For the album, see Artificial Heart (album). The SynCardia temporary CardioWest Total Artificial Heart … Wikipedia
Artificial organ — An artificial organ is a man made device that is implanted into, or integrated onto, a human to replace a natural organ, for the purpose of restoring a specific function or a group of related functions so the patient may return to as normal a… … Wikipedia
artificial — artificially, adv. artificialness, n. /ahr teuh fish euhl/, adj. 1. made by human skill; produced by humans (opposed to natural): artificial flowers. 2. imitation; simulated; sham: artificial vanilla flavoring. 3. lacking naturalness or… … Universalium
Artificial respiration — Intervention ICD 9 CM 93.93 MeSH … Wikipedia
Heart transplantation — or cardiac transplantation, is a surgical transplant procedure performed on patients with end stage heart failure or severe coronary artery disease. The most common procedure is to take a working heart from a recently deceased organ donor… … Wikipedia
Heart–lung transplant — Intervention ICD 9 CM 33.6 MeSH … Wikipedia
Heart rate turbulence — (HRT) is the return to equilibrium of heart rate after a premature ventricular contraction (PVC). It consists of a brief speed up in heart rate, followed by a slow decrease back to the baseline rate. An important feature of HRT is that PVCs occur … Wikipedia
Heart valve repair — Intervention ICD 9 CM 35.0 35.2 Heart valve repair is a surgical technique used to fix defects in … Wikipedia
artificial cardiac valve — artificial heart valve prosthetic heart v … Medical dictionary
