Artificial Heart 2: Proceedings of the 2nd International Symposium on Artificial Heart and Assist Device, August 13–14, 1987, Tokyo, Japan

Front Matter....Pages I-XV
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Blood material interactions: Ex vivo investigations of polyurethanes....Pages 3-11
Mechanical properties of segmented polyether polyurethanes for blood pump applications....Pages 13-18
Effect of segment structure on fatigue behavior of segmented polyurethaneureas in pseudobiological environments....Pages 19-25
In vitro and ex vivo studies of the antithrombogenicity of polyether-segmented nylon 610 of crystalline-amorphous microstructure....Pages 27-33
Design and synthesis of blood-compatible polyurethane derivatives....Pages 35-43
Improved blood compatibility of heparin immobilization and PEO-PDMS-heparin triblock copolymer coating on surfaces of segmented polyurethaneurea....Pages 45-55
Blood compatibility of polyacrylonitrile containing ethyleneoxide and dimethylamino side chains....Pages 57-63
A reconstituted vessel’s wall model on microporous substrates as a small-caliber artificial graft....Pages 65-73
A small-caliber vascular graft for aortocoronary artery graft with temporarily artificial and permanently natural antithrombogenicity and natural vessel compliance....Pages 75-85
Front Matter....Pages 87-87
The Novacor heart assist system: Development, testing and initial clinical evaluation....Pages 89-99
Electromechanically driven, computer-controlled implantable cardiac assist device....Pages 101-106
Development of nutating centrifugal blood pump....Pages 107-113
Technical considerations in the development of clinical systems for temporary and permanent cardiac support....Pages 115-129
Experimental and clinical evaluation of a sack-type ventricular assist device and drive system....Pages 131-139
Pulsatile veno-arterial bypass (ECMO) with a pusher-plate pump for profound biventricular failure....Pages 141-147
Ventricular assist device with built-in trileaflet polyurethane valves....Pages 149-157
Right ventricular function during left ventricular assistance evaluated by two-dimensional echocardiography....Pages 159-165
Reduction of myocardial infarct size by left ventricular assist with revascularization....Pages 167-171
Front Matter....Pages 173-173
Clinical experience with ventricular....Pages 175-183
Clinical evaluation of left ventricular assist device in six cases....Pages 185-193
Front Matter....Pages 173-173
Left ventricular assist device: Experimental and clinical study....Pages 195-203
Clinical considerations of life-saving effect of left ventricular assist device....Pages 205-213
Front Matter....Pages 215-215
Early experience with the total artificial heart as a bridge to cardiac transplantation....Pages 217-226
Prolonged circulatory maintenance with a left ventricular assist device during cardiac arrest....Pages 227-236
Potential candidates for bridge bypass....Pages 237-241
Front Matter....Pages 243-243
Energy systems for chronic circulatory support....Pages 245-255
Development of transcutaneous energy transmission system for totally implantable artificial heart....Pages 257-263
Development of transcutaneous energy transmission system....Pages 265-271
Linear electromagnetic actuators for implantable artificial heart....Pages 273-279
Front Matter....Pages 281-281
Engineering studies of the Penn State artificial heart....Pages 283-293
Development of multiparameter automatic control system of total artificial heart for analysis of circulation mechanism....Pages 295-301
Predictive control of total artificial heart during exercise....Pages 303-311
Atrial natriuretic polypeptide in sheep with total artificial heart....Pages 313-318
Plasma atrial natriuretic polypeptide levels during various types of artificial circulation....Pages 319-323
Design criteria of implantable blood pump in the goat’s chest cavity....Pages 325-331
New valve-containing systems for the total artificial heart....Pages 333-341
Implantable motor-driven artificial heart....Pages 343-351
Left-right simultaneously ejecting motor-driven total artificial heart system....Pages 353-361
Back Matter....Pages 363-368