Biventricular assist devices: A technical review

Annals of Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 39, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 2313-2328

  Gregory, Shaun D ^a,b   Timms, Daniel ^b,c   Gaddum, Nicholas ^b,d   Mason, David G ^b,e   Fraser, John F ^b,c  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b THE PRINCE CHARLES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c BiVACOR Pty Ltd   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Heart failure; Physiological control; Pulsatile blood pump; Rotary blood pump; Ventricular assist device

Indexed keywords

HEART FAILURE; PHYSIOLOGICAL CONTROL; PULSATILE BLOOD PUMP; ROTARY BLOOD PUMPS; VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE;

BEARINGS (MACHINE PARTS); BLOOD; CARDIOLOGY; FIBER OPTIC SENSORS; PUMPS;

HEART;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HEART ASSIST DEVICE; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; MALE; REVIEW;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 80051548059     PISSN: 00906964     EISSN: 15739686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10439-011-0348-8     Document Type: Review

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