Tissue-engineered skin containing mesenchymal stem cells improves burn wounds.

abstract：:The accurate representation of rotary blood pumps in a numerical environment is important for meaningful investigation of pump-cardiovascular system interactions. Although numerous models for ventricular assist devices (VADs) have been developed, modeling methods for rotary total artificial hearts (rTAHs) are still re...

journal_title：Artificial organs

authors： Nestler F,Bradley AP,Wilson SJ,Timms DL

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Few instruments are currently available to test mitral valve function in an ex vivo state due to the technical difficulties involved. To investigate the native ex vivo mitral valve or prosthetic mitral valve with chordae, we developed a mitral valve adapter with an annulus suturing portion and 2 papillary muscle sutur...

journal_title：Artificial organs

authors： Katoh T,Ikeda N,Nishi K,Gohra H,Hamano K,Noda H,Fujimura Y,Esato K

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to assess the in vivo performance of a new microaxial rotary blood pump developed for long-term intraportal implantation. The pump, measuring 7 mm in diameter, has a single stage impeller and is powered by a microelectric motor. The pump was implanted into the portal vein in 13 large white pi...

journal_title：Artificial organs

authors： Havlík R,Kerkhoffs W,Jiao LR,Schumacher O,Reul H,Habib N

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This work presents results of preliminary studies concerning application of magnetic bearing in a ventricular assist device (VAD) being developed by Dante Pazzanese Institute of Cardiology-IDPC (São Paulo, Brazil). The VAD-IDPC has a novel architecture that distinguishes from other known VADs. In this, the rotor has a...

journal_title：Artificial organs

authors： Horikawa O,de Andrade AJ,da Silva I,Bock EG

更新日期：2008-04-01 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：: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：:Stimulation of different spinal cord segments in humans is a widely developed clinical practice for modification of pain, altered sensation, and movement. The human lumbar cord has become a target for modification of motor control by epidural and, more recently, by transcutaneous spinal cord stimulation. Posterior col...

journal_title：Artificial organs

authors： Danner SM,Hofstoetter US,Ladenbauer J,Rattay F,Minassian K

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, a series of natural biodegradable materials in the form of chitosan (C)-alginate (A)-hyaluronate (H) complexes are evaluated as tissue-engineering scaffolds. The weight ratio of C/A is 1 : 1 or 1 : 2. Sodium hyaluronate is mixed in 2%. The complexes can be cast into films or fabricated as scaffolds. The...

journal_title：Artificial organs

authors： Hsu SH,Whu SW,Hsieh SC,Tsai CL,Chen DC,Tan TS

更新日期：2004-08-01 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：:Experimental studies on the effects of scaling on the performance of centrifugal blood pumps were conducted in a closed-loop test rig. For the prototype, eight different impellers of the same outer diameter of 25 mm were tested at 1,500, 2,000, and 2,500 revolutions per minute (rpm) using blood analog as fluid medium....

journal_title：Artificial organs

authors： Wong YW,Chan WK,Yu SC,Chua LP

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Success of total artificial heart (TAH) implantation as a temporary measure depends on three factors: proper patient selection, adequate surgical technique, and safe cardiac prostheses. From 1986 until March 1990, 237 patients with stagnant heart failure were examined. Sixty-one patients (27%) were put on a waiting li...

journal_title：Artificial organs

authors： Shumakov V,Zimin N,Kazakov E,Kormer A,Vorontsov S,Nikolaenko E,Kozlov I,Drobyshev A

更新日期：1991-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tissue-cultured bovine aortic endothelial cells were subjected to flow in an in vitro circulatory loop designed to simulate the flow and pressure conditions in the aorta. The cells were cultured under stationary conditions on tubes of fibronectin-coated Silastic or of Dacron velour. The tubes were then added to the fl...

journal_title：Artificial organs

authors： Eskin SG,Navarro LT,O'Bannon W,DeBakey ME

更新日期：1983-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this meta-analysis was to determine whether pulsatile perfusion during cardiac surgery has a lesser effect on renal dysfunction than nonpulsatile perfusion after cardiac surgery in randomized controlled trials. MEDLINE, EMBASE, and the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials were used to identify ava...

journal_title：Artificial organs

authors： Nam MJ,Lim CH,Kim HJ,Kim YH,Choi H,Son HS,Lim HJ,Sun K

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) has a risk of cerebral injury, with an important role of gaseous micro-emboli (GME) coming from the CPB circuit. Pulsatile perfusion is supposed to perform specific conditions for supplementary GME activity. We aimed to determine whether pulsatile CPB augments production and delivery of GM...

journal_title：Artificial organs

authors： Dodonov M,Milano A,Onorati F,Dal Corso B,Menon T,Ferrarini D,Tessari M,Faggian G,Mazzucco A

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Central vascular catheters are used to access the central vascular system in both acute and chronic uremic patients undergoing hemodialysis. Among different approaches, the internal jugular vein seems to have less adverse effects. We describe our long-term experience with a two-catheter system. Percutaneous jugular ve...

journal_title：Artificial organs

authors： Tesio F,De Baz H,Panarello G,Calianno G,Quaia P,Raimondi A,Schinella D

更新日期：1994-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As a preliminary investigation to establish a cryopreservation method suited for bioartificial livers (BALs), three-dimensional (3-D) cryopreservation experiments with fibroblasts were performed, in which the cells were firstly seeded into a porous scaffold, and the scaffold containing the cells was then cryopreserved...

journal_title：Artificial organs

authors： Miyoshi H,Ehashi T,Ohshima N,Jagawa A

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although effects of biochemical modulation of stem cells have been widely investigated, only recent advances have been made in the identification of mechanical conditioning on cell signaling pathways. Experimental investigations quantifying the micromechanical environment of mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) are challengi...

journal_title：Artificial organs

authors： Ghaemi RV,Vahidi B,Sabour MH,Haghighipour N,Alihemmati Z

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Current hemodialysis treatment is insufficient because of intermittent treatment and loss of tubular function. In order to overcome the loss of tubular function, a bioartificial kidney has been developed consisting of continuous hemofiltration (CHF) with 10 L/day of filtrate and a bioartificial tubule device using pro...

journal_title：Artificial organs

authors： Saito A

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The clearance characteristics of two sizes of hemodialyzers (0.9 m2 and 1.5 m2) from the same range of products have been studied over the dialysate flow range of 500-3,000 ml/min to establish the device's overall mass transfer resistance characteristics. The results obtained demonstrate a difference in the overall ma...

journal_title：Artificial organs

authors： Allen R,Frost TH,Hoenich NA

更新日期：1995-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The combination of hypothermia and potassium cardioplegic arrest has become the most common method of myocardial protection in the evolution of myocardial protection. This review focuses on myocardial protection in pediatric cardiac surgery. In the 1980s, blood was added to cardioplegia solution in order to supply the...

journal_title：Artificial organs

authors： Turkoz R

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) release has been implicated in a sepsis-like syndrome following cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB). This also may be important in patients who have had a left ventricular assist device (LVAD) implanted. This report investigates the effect of reducing systemic blood flow on hemodynamic...

journal_title：Artificial organs

authors： Uozaki Y,Dihmis WC,Yamauchi H,Moczar M,Miyama M,Pasteau F,Tixier D,Bambang SL,Loisance DY

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We reviewed the role of the BioMedicus pump in the reduction of neurologic complications following the repair of Type 1 and Type 2 thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysms. Since 1991, we have used several different methods for the repair of thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysms including simple cross-clamping, selective use of ...

journal_title：Artificial organs

authors： Safi HJ

更新日期：1996-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent reports suggest a survival advantage for dialysis patients treated by postdilutional online hemodiafiltration (OL-HDF) who achieve higher volume convective exchanges. As such, the factors associated with achieving higher convective volume exchange were determined. The convective exchange volumes during the midw...

journal_title：Artificial organs

authors： Davenport A

更新日期：2016-12-01 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：:A totally implantable centrifugal artificial heart has been developed in which a pivot bearing supported centrifugal pump is used as a blood pump. The following have been adopted as blood contacting materials in our pump: titanium alloy (Ti-6A1-4V) for the housing and impeller, alumina ceramic (Al2O3) for the male piv...

journal_title：Artificial organs

authors： Takami Y,Yamane S,Makinouchi K,Niimi Y,Sueoka A,Nosé Y

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Small-caliber decellularized xenografts with surface heparin coating are known to reduce in vivo thrombogenicity. This study was performed to examine whether heparin coating on the small-caliber decellularized xenografts would reduce macrophage infiltration and intimal hyperplasia. In a rabbit model of bilateral carot...

journal_title：Artificial organs

authors： Cai WW,Gu YJ,Wang XN,Chen CZ

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Albumin-coated Amberlite XAD-7 has been previously shown to be blood compatible in in vitro hemoperfusion experiments whith human blood. In this study, the preliminary results are reported on single hemoperfusions with albumin-coated XAD-7 resin in four patients with acute liver failure. The mean platelet count was 11...

journal_title：Artificial organs

authors： Hughes R,Ton HY,Langley P,Davies M,Hanid MA,Mellon P,Silk DB,Williams R

更新日期：1979-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of recombinant human erythropoietin (rHuEpo) has revolutionized anemia management of early and late stages of chronic kidney disease. Darbopoietin is also now available for the treatment of anemia of chronic kidney disease. In addition, rHuEpo has been used for the treatment of anemia observed in critical illn...

journal_title：Artificial organs

authors： Liangos O,Pereira BJ,Jaber BL

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although it is now understood that trained skeletal muscle can generate enough steady-state power to provide significant circulatory support, there are currently no means by which to tap this endogenous energy source to aid the failing heart. To that end, an implantable muscle energy converter (MEC) has been construct...

journal_title：Artificial organs

authors： Trumble DR,Melvin DB,Byrne MT,Magovern JA

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) improves oxygenation, pulmonary vascular resistance may be increased due to endothelial function impairment. Inhaled nitric oxide (iNO) is increasingly used for treatment of pulmonary hypertension after surgical repair of congenital heart defects, with or without ECM...

journal_title：Artificial organs

authors： Hermon M,Golej J,Burda G,Marx M,Trittenwein G,Pollak A

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00