Patent ID: 8574185
Filing Date: 2013-11-05
Classification: A61B,A61F,A61M

Abstract:
1. A therapeutic method for increasing cardiac output in a human subject, the method comprising: selecting a patient suffering from a disease selected from the group consisting of: congestive heart failure, coronary artery disease, lung fibrosis, emphysema, cystic fibrosis, and cystic lung disease, and creating a fistula between a peripheral artery and a peripheral vein of said subject, said fistula adapted to allow a blood flow rate therethrough of at least 5 ml/min, wherein said blood flow through the fistula bypasses the peripheral microcirculation, and wherein creation of said fistula results in an increase in the cardiac output, a decrease in mean arterial blood pressure, and decreased systemic vascular resistance in said subject.