An Advanced Physiological Controller Design for a Left Ventricular Assist Device to Prevent Left Ventricular Collapse

Artificial Organs

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 926-930

  Wu, Yi ^a,c   Allaire, Paul ^a   Tao, Gang ^a   Wood, Houston ^a   Olsen, Don ^b   Tribble, Curt ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b Utah Artificial Heart Institute   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Congestive heart failure; Continuous flow blood pump; Controller; Left ventricle collapse; Left ventricular assist device; Performance criteria

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; CARDIOLOGY; CONTROLLERS; FIBER OPTIC SENSORS; PUMPS;

ASSIST DEVICE; BLOOD PUMP; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURES; CONTINUOUS FLOW BLOOD PUMP; CONTINUOUS-FLOW; CONTROL INPUTS; CONTROLLER DESIGNS; LEAVE VENTRICLE COLLAPSE; LEFT VENTRICLES; PERFORMANCE CRITERION;

LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICES;

ARTIFICIAL HEART; ASSISTED CIRCULATION; BLOOD FLOW; BLOOD PUMP; COMPUTER MODEL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DEVICE; EVALUATION; EXERCISE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REST; ROTATION;

EID: 0242301757     PISSN: 0160564X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1525-1594.2003.00032.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (3)

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