Balloon Dilatation for Removal of an Irretrievable Permanent Hemodialysis Catheter: The Safest Approach.

abstract：:The aim of the present study was to compare the effects of ProTaper Gold, WaveOne Gold, ProTaper Universal, and WaveOne instruments on the amount of apically extruded debris. Eighty mandibular premolar teeth with straight root canals were selected and assigned to four groups (n = 20). The root canals were instrumented...

journal_title：Artificial organs

authors： Karataş E,Ersoy İ,Gündüz HA,Uygun AD,Kol E,Çakıcı F

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hemodialysis vascular access (VA) stenosis remains a frequent complication. However, early detection is challenging and costly. The aim of this in vitro study was to assess a new detection method based on pulse pressure analysis at the hemodialysis needle. A silicon model of a radiocephalic arteriovenous fistula was b...

journal_title：Artificial organs

authors： Van Canneyt K,Planken RN,Eloot S,Segers P,Verdonck P

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A beta2-microglobulin (beta2M) selective adsorbent (Lixelle) for direct hemoperfusion has been used for the treatment of hemodialysis patients with the long-term complication of dialysis related amyloidosis (DRA), but there is no significant correlation between the serum level of beta2M and the occurrence of DRA. Infl...

journal_title：Artificial organs

authors： Tsuchida K,Takemoto Y,Nakamura T,Fu O,Okada C,Yamagami S,Kishimoto T

更新日期：1998-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The blood pressure changes induced by the intra-aortic balloon pump (IABP) are expected to create clinical improvement in terms of coronary perfusion and myocardial oxygen consumption. However, the measured effects reported in literature are inconsistent. The aim of this study was to investigate the influence of ische...

journal_title：Artificial organs

authors： Schampaert S,van Nunen LX,Pijls NH,Rutten MC,van Tuijl S,van de Vosse FN,van 't Veer M

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Five hundred and eighty homograft valves have been inserted into the aortic position as isolated valve replacements, and followed up for 7--14 years. After ten years 90% of frozen homografts, 80% of autografts and 70% of freeze-dried homografts were free of valve-related death. There was only one embolism reported giv...

journal_title：Artificial organs

authors： Bodnar E,Wain WH,Martelli V,Ross DN

更新日期：1980-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Spiral/helical forms of blood flow have been observed in large arteries of the cardiovascular system, but their benefits remain underappreciated. Spiral flow has been postulated to improve near-wall washout, promoting anti-atherothrombotic conditions. This research aims to study the washout characteristics of spiral f...

journal_title：Artificial organs

authors： Huang Zhang P,Tkatch C,Newman R,Grimme W,Vainchtein D,Kresh JY

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pyridoxalated-hemoglobin-polyoxyethylene conjugate (PHP), which is made from out-dated human red blood cells by two major chemical modifications, namely pyridoxalation and conjugation with polyoxyethylene (POE), is currently under development as a physiological oxygen carrier. This study assessed the effects of PHP-88...

journal_title：Artificial organs

authors： Takahashi T,Iwasaki K,Malchesky PS,Harasaki H,Matsushita M,Nosé Y,Rolin H 3rd,Hall PM

更新日期：1993-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article describes a new powering system for implantable medical devices that could significantly increase their lifetime. The idea is based on the substitution of the usual implantable device battery for an electric accumulator (rechargeable battery), which is fed by the electric power generated by a photovoltaic...

journal_title：Artificial organs

authors： Algora C,Peña R

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A microcapsule suspension, a substitute for animal blood in hemolysis tests, has been developed for evaluation of the absolute hemolytic properties of circulatory artificial organs. The microcapsule suspension was made by dispersing microcapsule slurry into an ethylene glycol sodium chloride solution. The microcapsule...

journal_title：Artificial organs

authors： Maruyama O,Yamane T,Tsunemoto N,Nishida M,Tsutsui T,Jikuya T

更新日期：1999-03-01 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：:Bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) has been shown to have therapeutic effects on asthma through CD4+CD25+ regulatory T cells (Tregs). We sought to assess pretreatment with inactivated BCG on CD4+CD25+ Tregs and its functional and structural effects in rat asthma model. The rat asthma model was established using ovalbumin ...

journal_title：Artificial organs

authors： Gong P,Li Y,Tan YP,Li H

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Present-day computational fluid dynamics (CFD) techniques can be used to analyze the behavior of fluid flow in a variety of pumps. CFD can be a powerful tool during the design stage for rapid virtual prototyping of different designs, analyzing performance parameters, and making design improvements. Computational flow ...

journal_title：Artificial organs

authors： Sukumar R,Athavale MM,Makhijani VB,Przekwas AJ

更新日期：1996-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study introduces a newly developed method for the formation of a stationary phase superficially embedded with immunoadsorbent, that is partially incomplete two-stage polymerization of acrylamide. Preliminary experimental studies show that binding activity of the immunoadsorbent was satisfactorily maintained after...

journal_title：Artificial organs

authors： Yang TH

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Myointimal hyperplasia (MIH) is an arterial wall smooth muscle cell (SMC) proliferative disorder. This process is responsible for a significant number of early and long-term arterial reconstructive and graft failures. Histopathologically, this process is characterized by a proliferation of SMC in the intima of traumat...

journal_title：Artificial organs

authors： Painter TA

更新日期：1991-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In patients undergoing exchange-transfusion with hemoglobin (Hb)-based oxygen (O₂) carriers (HBOC), native Hb coexists with newly transfused Hb. The two Hb types share the same arterial and venous PO₂, but their affinities for O₂ vary. A simple spreadsheet model is described aiming at evaluating the contribution of ea...

journal_title：Artificial organs

authors： Samaja M,Terraneo L

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of age on the calcification of biomaterials was studied by the subcutaneous implantation of poly(hydroxyethyl methacrylate) hydrogel in rats. The hydrogel sheets were implanted in rats 6, 12, 24, and 52 weeks (1 year) of age. The retrieved implants were compared and the percentage weight increase by mineral...

journal_title：Artificial organs

authors： Imai Y

更新日期：1985-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this study was to evaluate the hemodynamic performance and gaseous microemboli (GME) handling ability of a simulated neonatal extracorporeal life support (ECLS) circuit with an in-line continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT) device. The circuit consisted of a Maquet RotaFlow centrifugal pump or HL...

journal_title：Artificial organs

authors： Shank KR,Profeta E,Wang S,O'Connor C,Kunselman AR,Woitas K,Myers JL,Ündar A

更新日期：2018-04-01 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：:The VentrAssist pump has no shaft or seal, and the device is unique in design because the rotor is suspended passively by hydrodynamic forces, and urging is accomplished by an integrated direct current motor rotor that also acts as the pump impeller. This device has led to many challenges in its fluidic design, namely...

journal_title：Artificial organs

authors： Tansley G,Vidakovic S,Reizes J

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To perform the first experimental tests for validation of a new gear unit concept, the pump chamber, diaphragm, and pusher plate design of an orthotopic electromechanical total artificial heart (TAH) (Helmholtz Labtype) was manufactured. In its early stage of development, it provides some of the most important feature...

journal_title：Artificial organs

authors： Kaufmann R,Reul H,Rau G

更新日期：1994-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cyclosporine (CyA) has an immunosuppressive effect that might suggest a therapeutic role in idiopathic glomerular conditions. We focused on the optimization of CyA treatment control in patients with idiopathic nephrotic syndrome by using trough-level CyA measurements (C0) and the 2-h postdose levels (C2). Twenty-two p...

journal_title：Artificial organs

authors： Griveas I,Visvardis G,Papadopoulou D,Nakopolou L,Karanikas E,Gogos K,Stavianoudakis G

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The insults sustained by transplanted livers (hepatectomy, hypothermic preservation, and normothermic reperfusion) could compromise hepatic function. Hydrogen sulfide (H₂S) is a physiologic gaseous signaling molecule, like nitric oxide (NO) and carbon monoxide (CO). We examined the effect of diallyl disulfide as a H₂S...

journal_title：Artificial organs

authors： Balaban CL,Rodriguez JV,Guibert EE

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fibroblast cell culture was performed to evaluate cell adhesion and cell morphology on novel hydrolyzable copolymers composed of poly(D,L-lactic acid) (PDLA) macromonomer, 2-methacryloyloxyethyl phosphorylcholine (MPC), and n-butyl methacrylate. The copolymers were used as cell culture materials for regulating the int...

journal_title：Artificial organs

authors： Watanabe J,Ishihara K

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:For some time now researchers have argued the efficacy of pulsatile versus nonpulsatile hemodynamic support. Pulsatile systems, while providing a more physiological pumping source, are burdened with a multiparametric output function that can greatly affect the utility of such ventricular assist device (VAD) support. A...

journal_title：Artificial organs

authors： Mills TC,Ott RA

更新日期：1992-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neurological morbidity is a major concern in pediatric cardiac surgery. Cardiopulmonary bypass is one of the few modifiable factors affecting neurodevelopmental outcome. This study aimed to measure the incidence of abnormalities apparent by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) after neonatal arterial switch operation usin...

journal_title：Artificial organs

authors： Durandy Y,Rubatti M,Couturier R,Rohnean A

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To obtain an optimal design of the left blood chamber of the total artificial heart (TAH), flow visualization studies were performed. Information on velocities in critical areas of the left chamber was gathered using sectional pulsed laser light. The flow patterns on the entire pumping duration were photographed frame...

journal_title：Artificial organs

authors： Meier D,Wernicke JT,Orime Y,Takatani S,Tasai K,Damm G,Naito K,Mizuguchi K,Makinouchi K,Glueck J

更新日期：1994-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We assessed the relationship of certain clinical variables (including bradykinin [BK] release and dialysis membrane) to initial mean arterial pressure (MAP) reduction in 47 patients requiring continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT) in an intensive care unit. The pretreatment MAP was 84 +/- 14 mm Hg for the group a...

journal_title：Artificial organs

authors： Stoves J,Goode NP,Visvanathan R,Jones CH,Shires M,Will EJ,Davison AM

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to characterize and compare human great saphenous veins (HGSVs), HGSV cryoallografts, expanded polytetrafluoroethylene (ePTFE) segments, and elastic and muscular arteries' biomechanics, so as to identify if the biomechanical coupling and the HGSV advantages with respect to ePTFE depend on the...

journal_title：Artificial organs

authors： Bia D,Zócalo Y,Pessana F,Armentano R,Pérez H,Saldías M,Alvarez I

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The thrombogenicity of membrane oxygenators as well as clotting parameters profiles, using standard human clotting tests, was analyzed in calves and pigs during 6 h perfusion. Three calves and 3 pigs were connected to extracorporeal circulation with standard heparinization. Blood samples were taken for coagulation var...

journal_title：Artificial organs

authors： Mueller XM,Tevaearai HT,Jegger D,Tucker O,von Segesser LK

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this paper is to review the pathways of hydrogen ion production and removal due to intermediary metabolism. The principal method of analysis employed was one based on a theoretical approach because it is the most accurate and has the broadest application. In the absence of hypoxia and insulin deficiency...

journal_title：Artificial organs

authors： Halperin ML

更新日期：1982-11-01 00:00:00