Berlin Heart Centers 2011: Number of worldwide clinics implanting Berlin Heart ventricular assist devices further increases.
Berlin, 29 July 2011: The increasing number of heart centers working with Berlin Heart ventricular assist devices is an indicator for the Berlin-based company that these devices are urgently needed by patients suffering from heart failure.
(firmenpresse) - Not only German clinics, as for example the University Hospital Aachen, but also international hospitals such as the University Hospital Nantes, France, the Instituto Nacional de Cardiologia in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and the Silesian Heart Center in Zabrze, Poland have already chosen this method, by the end of the second quarter 2011. For these hospitals and their patients the implantation of so-called artificial hearts or ventricular assist devices, in most cases, is a life-saving alternative and bridges the gap until a matching donor heart can be found. Not only in Germany does the waiting period for heart transplantation become longer, donor hearts are barely available. In Germany only about 400 heart transplantations were possible during recent years. According to the German Society for Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, less than half of the required number of organs. For heart-failure patients, whose hearts are unable to function properly, it means that the waiting time needs to be bridged: without the mechanical support of artificial hearts - like the INCOR® or the EXCOR® system - impossible. Now there are more clinics able to offer their patients a therapy option with Berlin Heart products. The patient in Rio de Janeiro and the other at the University Clinic in Nantes have already been really lucky: they received a transplant after having been supported for several weeks by the EXCOR® Pediatric device.
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About Berlin Heart
Berlin Heart GmbH is the only company worldwide that develops, produces, and distributes implantable and external ventricular assist devices for patients of every age and body size. The devices INCOR®, EXCOR® Adult and EXCOR® Pediatric can support failing hearts short-, mid- and long-term and therefore offer a life-saving therapy. Customers moreover benefit from clinical and technical support by Berlin Heart VAD specialists who are available 7-24. The company is the market leader in Germany and Europe.
About EXCOR®
EXCOR® is a para-corporeal ventricular assist device for patients of all age groups, from newborns to adults. It is used for short-, mid- and long-term cardiac support and can support failing hearts for any duration from a couple of days to several months and years. Since the first implantation in 1988 EXCOR® has been implanted in more than 2.000 patients worldwide.
EXCOR® is currently under clinical investigation for paediatric use in USA. All other products are not FDA approved.
Berlin Heart GmbH
Kerstin Unkel
Marketing & PR
Wiesenweg 10
12247 Berlin
unkel(at)berlinheart.de
Datum: 29.07.2011 - 04:08 Uhr
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