EVAHEART™: An Implantable Centrifugal Blood Pump for Long-Term Circulatory Support

Japanese Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 50, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 461-465

  Yamazaki, Kenji ^a   Kihara, Shinichiro ^b   Akimoto, Takehide ^a   Tagusari, Osamu ^a   Kawai, Akihiko ^a   Umezu, Mitsuo ^c   Tomioka, Jun ^c   Kormos, Robert L ^b   Griffith, Bartley P ^b   Kurosawa, Hiromi ^a  

^a TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Artificial heart; Centrifugal blood pump; EVAHEART; Left ventricular assist device

Indexed keywords

2 METHACRYLOYLOXYETHYLPHOSPHORYLCHOLINE; CARBON; DIAMOND LIKE CARBON; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; PHOSPHORYLCHOLINE; TITANIUM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ASSISTED CIRCULATION; BLOOD COMPATIBILITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; HEART ASSIST DEVICE; HEMOLYSIS; KIDNEY INFARCTION; NONHUMAN; THORACOTOMY; THROMBOEMBOLISM; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CATTLE; PROSTHESIS;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; PROSTHESIS DESIGN;

EID: 0036835036     PISSN: 13444964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02919636     Document Type: Conference Paper

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