Intravascular micropump for augmented liver perfusion: First in vivo experience

Artificial Organs

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 392-394

  Havlík, Roman ^a,b   Kerkhoffs, Wolfgang ^c   Jiao, Long R ^a   Schumacher, Olivier ^c   Reul, Helmut ^c   Habib, Nagy ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b PALACKÝ UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^c Helmholtz Institute   (Germany)

Author keywords

Mechanical portal pumping; Portal hypertension; Rotary blood pump

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; BLOOD;

IN-VIVO; INTRAVASCULAR; LIVER PERFUSION; MECHANICAL; MECHANICAL PORTAL PUMPING; MICRO PUMP; PERFORMANCE; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; ROTARY BLOOD PUMPS; SINGLE STAGE;

PUMPS;

DALTEPARIN;

ASSISTED CIRCULATION; BLOOD PUMP; CONFERENCE PAPER; LIVER PERFUSION; NONHUMAN; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PORTAL VEIN BLOOD FLOW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; SWINE; THROMBOGENESIS;

ANIMALIA; PIERIS BRASSICAE; SUS SCROFA; THROMBUS;

EID: 0034824355     PISSN: 0160564X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1525-1594.2001.06772.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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