An intraventricular soft robotic pulsatile assist device for right ventricular heart failure

Journal of Medical Devices, Transactions of the ASME

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Park, Evelyn ^a   Mehandru, Nikhil ^a   Beltran, Tonatiuh Lievano ^a   Kraus, Erik ^a   Holland, Dónal ^a,b,c   Polygerinos, Panagiotis ^a,b   Vasilyev, Nikolay V ^d   Walsh, Conor ^a,b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^d BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FORCE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART RATE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FAILURE; RIGIDITY; ROBOTICS; SIMULATION; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE;

EID: 84932196244     PISSN: 19326181     EISSN: 1932619X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.4027008     Document Type: Article

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