Effects of long-term nonpulsatile left heart bypass on the mechanical properties of the aortic wall

ASAIO Journal

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 455-459

  Nishimura, Takashi ^a   Tatsumi, Eisuke ^a   Taenaka, Yoshiyuki ^a   Nishinaka, Tomohiro ^a   Nakatani, Takeshi ^a   Masuzawa, Toru ^a   Nakata, Masako ^a   Nakamura, Makoto ^a   Endo, Seiko ^a   Takano, Hisateru ^a  

^a NATIONAL CEREBRAL AND CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; ELASTIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; AORTA PRESSURE; AORTA WALL; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL DIAMETER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTRACORPOREAL CIRCULATION; GOAT; MECHANICS; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PULSE PRESSURE; RIGIDITY; THICKNESS;

EID: 12944272021     PISSN: 10582916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002480-199909000-00017     Document Type: Article

References (10)

1. Wakisaka Y, Taenaka Y, Chikanari K, et al: Long-term evaluation of a non-pulsatile mechanical circulatory support system. Artif Organs 21: 639-644, 1997.
2. Jarvik RK: System considerations favoring rotary artificial hearts with blood-immersed bearings. Artif Organs 19: 565-570, 1995.
3. Taenaka Y, Tatsumi E, Nakamura H, et al: Physiologic reactions of awake animals to an immediate switch from a pulsatile to nonpulsatile systemic circulation. Trans ASAIO 37: 541-544, 1990.
4. Colding LR, Murakami G, Harasaki H, et al: Chronic nonpulsatile blood flow. Trans ASAIO 28: 81-85, 1982.
5. Nishimura T, Tatsumi E, Takaichi S, et al: Prolonged nonpulsatile left heart bypass with reduced systemic pulse pressure causes morphological changes in the aortic wall. Artif Organs 22: 405-410, 1999.
6. Hirai T, Sasayama S, Kawasaki T, Yagi S: Stiffness of systemic arteries in patients with myocardial infarction. Circulation 80: 78-86, 1989.
7. Kawasaki T, Sasayama S, Yagi S, Asakawa T, Hirai T: Non-invasive assessment of the age related changes in stiffness of major branches of the human arteries. Circ Res 62: 678-687, 1987.
8. Farrar DJ, Green HD, Bond MG, Wagner WD, Gabbee RA: Aortic pulse wave velocity, elasticity, and compliance in a nonhuman primate model of arteriosclerosis. Circ Res 43: 52-62, 1978.
9. Gentile BJ, Chuong CJC, Ordway GA: Regional volume distensibility of canine thoracic aorta during moderate treadmill exercise. Circ Res 63: 1012-1019, 1988.
10. Urschel CW, Covell JW, Sonnenblick EH, ROSS J, Braunwald E: Effects of decreased aortic compliance on performance of the left ventricle. Am J Physiol 214: 298-304, 1968.