Illustration of Heart Pump (IMAGE)

Purdue University

Illustration of Heart Pump

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This illustration shows a new type of heart pump inserted with a catheter to improve the survival rate for infants undergoing a series of surgeries to correct a deadly birth defect. The researchers are developing a "viscous impeller pump" for children born with univentricular circulation, a congenital heart disease that is the leading cause of death from birth defects in the first year of a child's life.

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Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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