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A working group projected an annual need of 17,000–35,000 mechanical circulatory support systems in patients under 70, with an estimated cost of $150,000 per left ventricular assist device.
The NHLBI Working Group concluded that fully implantable total artificial hearts are a clinical necessity, highlighting significant projected needs, costs, and ethical considerations for their development and distribution.
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Highlights projected MCS demand in younger patients; leaves open the feasibility, costs, and ethics of total artificial heart development.
Citters et al. (1985) conducted a review in Heart failure requiring mechanical circulatory support. Mechanical circulatory support systems (MCSS) was evaluated. A working group projected an annual need of 17,000–35,000 mechanical circulatory support systems in patients under 70, with an estimated cost of $150,000 per left ventricular assist device.
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