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    Artificial Organs: Volume 31, Issue 5

    327-421
    May 2007
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Guest Editorials

Rotary Blood Pumps: The History May Look Limited, but the Future Is Dynamic

Bart Meyns MD, PhD, 
  • Pages: 327-328
  • First Published: 26 April 2007

Progress of Rotary Blood Pumps: Presidential Address, International Society for Rotary Blood Pumps 2006, Leuven, Belgium

Setsuo Takatani PhD, DrMed, 
  • Pages: 329-344
  • First Published: 26 April 2007

Original Articles

The Effect of Surface Roughness on Activation of the Coagulation System and Platelet Adhesion in Rotary Blood Pumps

Jörg Linneweber,  Pascal Maria Dohmen,  Ullrich Kerzscher,  Klaus Affeld,  Yukihiko Nosé,  Wolfgang Konertz, 
  • Pages: 345-351
  • First Published: 26 April 2007

Deformability of Red Blood Cells and Its Relation to Blood Trauma in Rotary Blood Pumps

Nobuo Watanabe,  Daisuke Sakota,  Katsuhiro Ohuchi,  Setsuo Takatani, 
  • Pages: 352-358
  • First Published: 26 April 2007

Fluid Force Predictions and Experimental Measurements for a Magnetically Levitated Pediatric Ventricular Assist Device

Amy L. Throckmorton,  Alexandrina Untaroiu,  D. Scott Lim,  Houston G. Wood,  Paul E. Allaire, 
  • Pages: 359-368
  • First Published: 26 April 2007

Left Ventricular Pressure–Volume Loop Analysis During Continuous Cardiac Assist in Acute Animal Trials

Francesco Moscato,  Michael Vollkron,  Helga Bergmeister,  Georg Wieselthaler,  Edward Leonard,  Heinrich Schima, 
  • Pages: 369-376
  • First Published: 26 April 2007

Extracorporeal Circulation, Optimized: A Pilot Study

Salvatore Agati,  Giuseppe Ciccarello,  Eugenio Santo Trimarchi,  Daniela Grasso,  Giuseppe Trimarchi,  Salvatore Di Stefano,  Mignosa Carmelo, 
  • Pages: 377-383
  • First Published: 26 April 2007

pH 48 h After Onset of Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Is an Independent Predictor of Survival in Patients With Respiratory Failure

Filip R. Rega,  Veerle Evrard,  Hilde Bollen,  Geert Peeters,  Leen Vercaemst,  Bart Meuris,  Paul Herijgers,  Paul Sergeant,  Greet Hermans,  Dirk Vlasselaers,  Bart Meyns, 
  • Pages: 384-389
  • First Published: 26 April 2007

Primary Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Versus Primary Ventricular Assist Device Implantation in Low Cardiac Output Syndrome Following Cardiac Operation

Stefan Klotz,  Andreas Rukosujew,  Henryk Welp,  Christof Schmid,  Tonny D.T. Tjan,  Hans H. Scheld, 
  • Pages: 390-394
  • First Published: 26 April 2007

Kinetics of Group IB and IIA Phospholipase A2 During Low-Volume Continuous Hemodiafiltration in Severe Acute Pancreatitis

Masaharu Suzuki,  Toshiya Okahisa,  Masahiro Sogabe,  Hiroshi Iwaki,  Yoshio Okita,  Yoshiaki Ohnishi,  Susumu Ito, 
  • Pages: 395-401
  • First Published: 26 April 2007

Thoughts and Progress

Long-term Management of an Implantable Left Ventricular Assist Device Using Low Molecular Weight Heparin and Antiplatelet Therapy: A Possible Alternative to Oral Anticoagulants

Bart Meuris,  Jozef Arnout,  Dirk Vlasselaers,  Marie Schetz,  Bart Meyns, 
  • Pages: 402-405
  • First Published: 26 April 2007

Cleveland Clinic PediPump Lamb Cadaver Fitting Studies

Faruk Cingoz,  Kiyotaka Fukamachi,  Yoshio Ootaki,  Keiji Kamohara,  Masatoshi Akiyama,  Chiyo Ootaki,  Michael W. Kopcak,  Jenny Liu,  Angela Noecker,  Dave Dudzinski,  William A. Smith,  Brian W. Duncan, 
  • Pages: 405-408
  • First Published: 26 April 2007

Feasibility of a Tiny Centrifugal Blood Pump (TinyPump) for Pediatric Extracorporeal Circulatory Support

Katsuhiro Ohuchi,  Hideo Hoshi,  Yasuhiko Iwasaki,  Kazuhiko Ishihara,  Masaharu Yoshikawa,  Shinya Ugaki,  Kozo Ishino,  Satoru Osaki,  Yasuhiro Kotani,  Shunji Sano,  Setsuo Takatani, 
  • Pages: 408-412
  • First Published: 26 April 2007

Development of Miniaturized Mass Flow Meter for an Axial Flow Blood Pump

Ryo Kosaka,  Osamu Maruyama,  Masahiro Nishida,  Takashi Yamane, 
  • Pages: 412-419
  • First Published: 26 April 2007

Communications

Upcoming Meetings

  • Pages: 420-421
  • First Published: 26 April 2007