The role of diastolic pump flow in centrifugal blood pump hemodynamics.

abstract：:One hundred eighty-eight Mitroflow pericardial valves, implanted on 166 patients from March 1983 to December 1986, have been followed for a total of 4316 patients x months. Mortality rate in the first three postoperative months is approximately 10% related to noncardiac complications. One hundred forty-nine patients a...

journal_title：Artificial organs

authors： Loisance D,Hillion ML,Cachera JP

更新日期：1988-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A bypass flow rate estimation and control system (BECS) for an implantable centrifugal blood pump (ICBP) has been developed in our institute. The estimated flow rate (EF) of the ICBP was derived from the electric power consumption, the rotating speed of a motor, and the blood viscosity presumed by the hematocrit and b...

journal_title：Artificial organs

authors： Wakisaka Y,Okuzono Y,Taenaka Y,Chikanari K,Endo S,Masuzawa T,Takano H

更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Late referral (LR) to dialysis therapy has been associated with poor outcomes in people with end-stage renal disease. This had been ascribed to the frequent use of temporary vascular catheters (TVCs) in LR patients. The effects of LR and TVC on the outcomes of an incident hemodialysis population (n = 101) were investi...

journal_title：Artificial organs

authors： Gonçalves EA,Andreoli MC,Watanabe R,Freitas MC,Pedrosa AC,Manfredi SR,Draibe SA,Cendoroglo M,Canziani ME

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper describes a new miniaturized implantable bladder controller that is composed of 4 main parts: a volume monitoring device based on the tomography approach, a fully programmable miniaturized central processor and stimulator, a bidirectional data and power link, and an external controller. The proposed system ...

journal_title：Artificial organs

authors： Sawan M,Arabi K,Provost B

更新日期：1997-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Continuous hemodiafiltration (CHDF) has been performed for the treatment of severe acute pancreatitis. Phospholipase A2 (PLA2) is one of the important mediators which exacerbate acute pancreatitis, but whether PLA2 can be removed by CHDF is unclear. In this study, the kinetics of group IB and group IIA PLA2 was examin...

journal_title：Artificial organs

authors： Suzuki M,Okahisa T,Sogabe M,Iwaki H,Okita Y,Ohnishi Y,Ito S

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report on 10 patients with acute renal involvement in Hantaan virus infection observed at the Department of Nephrology, Faculty of Medicine, Skopje, Republic of Macedonia, during a period of 3 years (October 1987-July 1990). Eight patients were male and 2 were female, aged 37.5 +/- 4.8 years. The diagnosis of Hanta...

journal_title：Artificial organs

authors： Polenaković M,Grcevska L,Gerasimovska-Tanevska V,Oncevski A,Dzikova S,Cakalaroski K,Masin G

更新日期：1995-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Total artificial hearts (TAHs) and biventricular assist devices (BVADs) have varying levels of acceptance and reliability, and the research on both focuses on their control mechanisms. Efforts generally aim to achieve a response to physiologic demand and left/right output balance, and beneficial cardiac output (CO) an...

journal_title：Artificial organs

authors： Hall AW,Soykan O,Harken AH

更新日期：1996-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this pilot study, we assessed the feasibility of using positron emission tomography (PET) imaging for in vivo measurement of skeletal muscle ventricle (SMV) tissue blood flow. In 4 dogs, with SMVs prepared from their latissimus dorsi muscle, we quantified SMV tissue blood flow by PET and related it to the tissue fl...

journal_title：Artificial organs

authors： Singh TP,Greer K,Muzik O,Hammond RL,Stephenson LW,Di Carli MF

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We were encouraged to investigate the reasons for large amounts of foam observed in bloodlines during hemodialysis (HD). Foam was visible in the venous air trap within the Artis Gambro dialysis device. Estimates of the extent of foam were graded (0-no foam, 10-extensive foam) by two persons that were blind to the type...

journal_title：Artificial organs

authors： Jonsson P,Lindmark L,Axelsson J,Karlsson L,Lundberg L,Stegmayr B

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Liposome-encapsulated hemoglobin (LEH) was proven to be protective in cerebral ischemia/reperfusion injury. The present study evaluated LEH in a rat model of permanent middle cerebral artery (MCA) occlusion to clarify its effect during ischemia and reperfusion. Five minutes after thread occlusion of the MCA, rats were...

journal_title：Artificial organs

authors： Kawaguchi AT,Kurita D,Furuya H,Yamano M,Ogata Y,Haida M

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Our aim was to study the feasibility of implanting the Infant Jarvik 2015 in patients weighing less than 8 kg. The Infant Jarvik 2015 left ventricular assist device (LVAD) was tested in a hybrid simulator of the cardiovascular system reproducing specific patients' hemodynamics for different patient weights (2-7 kg). F...

journal_title：Artificial organs

authors： Di Molfetta A,Zielinski K,Ferrari G,Kozarski M,Okrzeja P,Iacobelli R,Filippelli S,Perri G,Darowski M,Massetti M,Jarvik R,Amodeo A

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Implantation of left ventricular assist devices typically requires cardiopulmonary bypass support, which is associated with postoperative complications. A novel suture-less inflow cannula, which can be implanted without bypass, uses mild myocardial compression to seal the interface, however, this may lead to necrosis ...

journal_title：Artificial organs

authors： Liao S,Theodoropoulos C,Blackwood KA,Woodruff MA,Gregory SD

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 53-year-old man was referred to our department with a history of cough, especially at night, for 3 months. He was found to have a huge retrosternal goiter. We applied a novel combined cervical and robot-assisted approach to resect this difficult goiter. Using the da Vinci robot system, the intrathoracic part of the ...

journal_title：Artificial organs

authors： Wang S,Xu S,Liu B

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A compact three-dimensional (3D) module is needed for hepatocyte culture in order to develop an effective hybrid artificial liver system that can retain hepatocellular structure and differentiated functions. We treated the 3D module with collagen gel to entrap rat hepatocytes. This method yielded a high hepatocellular...

journal_title：Artificial organs

authors： Takeshita K,Ishibashi H,Suzuki M,Yamamoto T,Akaike T,Kodama M

更新日期：1995-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rheologic factors are likely to influence the balance between thrombotic and antithrombotic forces at the level of the vascular wall. In this study, the effects of flow-velocity/wall shear stress on the interaction of antithrombin (AT) with surface-immobilized heparin were investigated. The binding of AT to low-affini...

journal_title：Artificial organs

authors： Pasche B,Elgue G,Olsson P,Riesenfeld J,Rasmuson A

更新日期：1991-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Infusion into rats of the polycation hexadimethrine (HDM) leads to onset of massive proteinuria, which recovers when the infusion is stopped. Several lines of evidence indicate that the proteinuria results from binding of HDM to polyanions of the glomerular filter, with neutralization of shielding of their charges. To...

journal_title：Artificial organs

authors： Hunsicker LG,Bertolatus JA

更新日期：1987-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Postoperative liver failure remains a major cause of morbidity and mortality after extensive hepatectomies. This study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of a hepatocyte bioreactor in the treatment of experimental post-hepatectomy liver failure. Our experimental model included a combination of a side-to-side portacava...

journal_title：Artificial organs

authors： Arkadopoulos N,Kostopanagiotou G,Nastos C,Papalois A,Papoutsidakis N,Kalimeris K,Defterevos G,Kanna T,Polyzois K,Kampouroglou G,Kypriotis D,Costopanagiotou C,Pafiti A,Tzanatos H,Smyrniotis V

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cell-contracted collagen gels could provide rejection-free biomaterials for tissue engineering, but their application is limited by relatively low mechanical strength. We developed a special type I collagen construct (based on embedded fibroblasts) that was formed into a gel thread by using two anchors to constrain ge...

journal_title：Artificial organs

authors： Feng Z,Ishibashi M,Nomura Y,Kitajima T,Nakamura T

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was planned to investigate whether part of the energy produced by cardiac contraction to propel blood toward the systemic circulation can be used to increase the coronary flow in systole. Ten devices (I-X) designed to divert laterally part of a flow column (without substantially increasing resistance to flo...

journal_title：Artificial organs

authors： Moulopoulos S,Stamatelopoulos S,Boufas D,Yannopoulos C,Marousis G,Kouvaras G

更新日期：1979-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To remove anti-DNA antibodies from a patient's plasma with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), a DNA immunoadsorbent was developed by covalently coupling calf thymus DNA on activated Sepharose 4FF. Sepharose 4FF was activated with 5-norbornene-2,3-dicarboximido carbonochloridate (Cl-CO-ONB), which was proven to be a v...

journal_title：Artificial organs

authors： Kong DL,Schuett W,Boeden HF,Kunkel S,Holtz M,Matic G,Yamada R,Yu YT,Klinkmann H

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Replacing the renal excretion of low molecular weight proteins (LMWP) by extracorporeal dialysis (dialysis) treatment poses technological challenges. Hemodialyzers with sieving coefficients for LMWP that match or even exceed those of the glomerular membrane barrier are commercially available; however, the associated l...

journal_title：Artificial organs

authors： Glancey G

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The PI3K/Akt signaling pathway has been implicated in playing an important role in platelet activation during hemostasis and thrombosis involving platelet-matrix interaction and platelet aggregation. Its role in non-physiological shear stress (NPSS)-induced platelet activation relevant to high-shear blood contacting m...

journal_title：Artificial organs

authors： Chen Z,Li T,Kareem K,Tran D,Griffith BP,Wu ZJ

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The trend in neural prostheses using selective nerve stimulation for electrical stimulation therapies is headed toward single-part systems having a large number of working electrodes (WEs), each of which selectively stimulate neural tissue or record neural response (NR). The present article reviews the electrochemical...

journal_title：Artificial organs

authors： Pečlin P,Mehle A,Karpe B,Rozman J

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study aimed to determine the feasibility of constructing a reinforced autologous vascular graft by combining the advantages of fibrin gel as an autologous cell carrier material with the inherent mechanical strength of an integrated mesh structure. It was hypothesized that the mesh and dynamic culture condi...

journal_title：Artificial organs

authors： Tschoeke B,Flanagan TC,Cornelissen A,Koch S,Roehl A,Sriharwoko M,Sachweh JS,Gries T,Schmitz-Rode T,Jockenhoevel S

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Oxidative stress is crucial in red blood cell (RBC) damage induced by activated neutrophils in in vitro experiments. The aim of the study was to evaluate whether the bioincompatibility phenomena occurring during hemodialysis (HD) (where neutrophil activation with increased free radical production is well documented) m...

journal_title：Artificial organs

authors： Lucchi L,Bergamini S,Botti B,Rapanà R,Ciuffreda A,Ruggiero P,Ballestri M,Tomasi A,Albertazzi A

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Porcine endogenous retrovirus (PERV) genomes are present in all pig cells. In this retrospective study, we assessed PERV infectivity in 28 patients treated with an extracorporeal bioartificial liver (HepatAssist system) that includes a membrane device containing porcine hepatocytes. All patients tested negative for PE...

journal_title：Artificial organs

authors： Pitkin Z,Mullon C

更新日期：1999-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The multi-output adaptive controller of a left ventricular assist device (LVAD) was studied by computer simulation. The controller regulated two outputs--mean aortic pressure (mAoP) and mean atrial pressure (mLAP)--by regulating vacuum pressure (input). The autoregressive models were used to describe the circulatory s...

journal_title：Artificial organs

authors： Shimooka T,Mitamura Y,Yuhta T

更新日期：1991-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to prepare a DNA immunoadsorbent for the specific, extracorporeal removal of anti-DNA antibodies from the blood of patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Two kinds of cellulose beads were applied as a carrier. Calf thymus DNA was covalently coupled to ...

journal_title：Artificial organs

authors： Kong D,Schuett W,Dai J,Kunkel S,Holtz M,Yamada R,Yu Y,Klinkmann H

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It has been over 40 years since the initial clinical application of a cardiac pacemaker. Currently, approximately 300 per million patients in the United States and Europe are kept alive owing to the benefit of implantable pacemakers. Recently, the Japanese Cardiac Pacing Society and the Japanese Society of Artificial ...

journal_title：Artificial organs

authors： Kojima R

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have been developing a new type of centrifugal pump for long-term use. The magnetically suspended centrifugal pump (MSCP) contains no shaft and seal so that long life expectancy is predicted. Paracorporeal left ventricular (LV) assist circulation between the left atrium and the descending aorta was instituted using...

journal_title：Artificial organs

authors： Yamada T,Nishimura K,Park CH,Kono S,Yuasa S,Tsukiya T,Akamatsu T,Matsuda K,Ban T

更新日期：1997-07-01 00:00:00