摘要 |
Structure and a method of implanting the structure to assist a patient's cardiovascular system in pumping blood from a vein to an artery. A chamber is associated with a vein and an artery to allow blood from the vein to flow thereinto. A length of living muscle is associated with the chamber in a manner that contraction of the muscle will cause at least a portion of the chamber to contract and pump blood therefrom into the artery.
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