Durability testing of a completely implantable electric total artificial heart

ASAIO Journal

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 214-223

  Zapanta, Conrad M ^a   Snyder, Alan J ^a   Weiss, William J ^a   Cleary, Thomas J ^a   Reibson, John D ^a   Rawhouser, Marjorie A ^a   Lewis, Jeffrey P ^b   Pierce, William S ^a   Rosenberg, Gerson ^a  

^a PENN STATE MILTON S HERSHEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Arrow International Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIOLOGY; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; DATA ACQUISITION; DURABILITY; GROWTH KINETICS; TRANSPLANTATION (SURGICAL); TRANSPLANTS;

CIRCULATORY LOOP; DEVICE FAILURES; ELECTRIC TOTAL ARTIFICIAL HEART (ETAH);

ARTIFICIAL ORGANS;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; ELECTRICITY; IMPLANT; IMPLANTATION; RELIABILITY;

ELECTRONICS; HEART, ARTIFICIAL; HUMANS;

EID: 18744361880     PISSN: 10582916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.MAT.0000159385.32989.7C     Document Type: Article

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